Photochemistry of ortho-phenoxymethyl-substituted aryl azides: A novel nitrene rearrangement en route to isolable iminoquinone methides?

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 212-215

  Bucher, Götz ^a   Korth, Hans Gert ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Iminoquinone methods; Matrix isolation; Nitrenes; Rearrangements

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; IMINOQUINONE METHIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033556125     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990115)38:1/2<212::AID-ANIE212>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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