Tandem 1,5-hydride shift/6π electrocyclization of ketenimines and carbodiimides substituted with cyclic acetal and dithioacetal functions: Experiments and computations

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1896-1913

  Alajarin, Mateo ^a   Bonillo, Baltasar ^a   Ortin, Maria Mar ^a   Sanchez Andrada, Pilar ^a   Vidal, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Density functional calculations; Hydricity; Hydride shift; Ketenimines; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952946673     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201001372     Document Type: Article

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