Thermodecarbonylation of α-substituted cycloalkanones: A convenient one-carbon ring contraction method

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 42, 2004, Pages 7887-7889

  Rüedi, Georg ^a   Oberli, Matthias A ^a   Hansen, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diradical intermediates; Flash vacuum pyrolysis; Hydrogen abstraction; Ring contraction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLOALKANONE;

ARTICLE; CARBONYLATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 4644228499     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.08.149     Document Type: Article

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