Radical cyclization/fragmentation reactions of dicyanocyclopropanes to enaminonitriles. A radical alternative to the Thorpe-Ziegler reaction

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-119

  Curran, Dennis P ^a   Liu, Weidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclopropane; Nitrile; Radical cascade; Ring expansion; Thorpe Ziegler

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYCLIZATION; DEBROMINATION;

EID: 0032942431     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-2551     Document Type: Article

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