The aminium salt and photoinduced electron transfer initiated Diels-Alder cycloaddition of electron-rich allenes: Evidence for a stepwise mechanism and the importance of steric and electronic effects for the reactivity of distonic radical cation intermediates

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1031-1040

  Schmittel, Michael ^a   Wöhrle, Clemens ^a   Bohn, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allenes; Cycloadditions; Diels Alder reactions; Mechanistic studies; Radical cations

Indexed keywords

ALLENES; CYCLOADDITIONS; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; RADICAL CATIONS;

HYDROCARBONS; POSITIVE IONS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

CYCLOADDITION;

EID: 0001393337     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19960020820     Document Type: Article

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