Mechanistic twist of the [8+2] cycloadditions of dienylisobenzofurans and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate: Stepwise [8+2] versus [4+2]/[1,5]-vinyl shift mechanisms revealed through a theoretical and experimental study

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 10773-10784

  Chen, Yuanyuan ^a   Ye, Siyu ^a   Jiao, Lei ^a   Liang, Yong ^a   Sinha Mahapatra, Dilip K ^b   Herndon, James W ^b   Yu, Zhi Xiang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CYCLOADDITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ALKYNES; DIENYLISOBENZOFURANS; MECHANISTIC TWIST;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETYLENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; ISOBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALKYNES; BENZOFURANS; CYCLIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; THERMODYNAMICS; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34848840660     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja072203u     Document Type: Article

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