Reactions of cyclopropanone acetals with alkyl azides: Carbonyl addition versus ring-opening pathways

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 9439-9447

  Grecian, Scott ^a   Desai, Pankaj ^a   Mossman, Craig ^a   Poutsma, Jennifer L ^b   Aubé, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POSITIVE IONS;

ALKYL AZIDES; CYCLOPROPANONE ACETALS; LEWIS ACIDS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; AZETIDINONE DERIVATIVE; AZIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATION; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; KETONE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; NITROGEN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; URETHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING;

ACETALS; AZIDES; CYCLOPROPANES; KETONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 36849090588     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0711034     Document Type: Article

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