Interplay of structure and reactivity in a most unusual furan Diels-Alder reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 13130-13141

  Griffith, Gerry A ^a   Hillier, Ian H ^b   Moralee, Andrew C ^a   Percy, Jonathan M ^a,c   Roig, Ricard ^a   Vincent, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURTIN HAMMETT MECHANISM; ENERGY BARRIERS; LEWIS ACID BINDING;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; FREE ENERGY; SOLVENTS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

2 (N,N DIETHYLCARBAMOYLOXY) 2 PROPENOATE; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMPHOLYTE; CARBON; CARBONIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYL 2 (N,N DIETHYLCARBAMOYLOXY) 3,3 DIFLUORO 7 OXABICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPT 5 ENYL 2 CARBOXYLATE; ETHYL 3,3 DIFLUORO 2 (N,N DIETHYCARBAMOYLOXY) 2 PROPENOATE DERIVATIVE; ETHYL 4,4 DIFLUORO 5 HYDROXY 2 OXO 2,7A DIHYDRO 4H BENZO[1,3]DIOXOLE 3A CARBOXYLATE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; SOLVENT; TIN; TIN CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBAMOYLATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CURTIN HAMMETT MECHANISM; CYCLOADDITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ENERGY; FLUORIDATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PREDICTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; CYCLIZATION; ESTERS; FURANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33749532305     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja061458p     Document Type: Article

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