Rearrangement of donor-acceptor-substituted vinylcyclopropanes to functionalized cyclopentene derivatives: Evidence for zwitterionic intermediates

Liebigs Annales

Volumn , Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2007-2013

  Buchert, Matthias ^a   Reißig, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,3 Zwitterions; Cyclopentenes; Rearrangement; Solvent effect; Vinylcyclopropanes, donor acceptor substituted

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748957523     PISSN: 09473440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlac.199619961210     Document Type: Article

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