Experimental and theoretical analyses of azulene synthesis from tropones and active methylene compounds: Reaction of 2-methoxytropone and malononitrile

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5318-5330

  MacHiguchi, Takahisa ^a   Hasegawa, Toshio ^a   Yamabe, Shinichi ^b   Minato, Tsutomu ^c   Yamazaki, Shoko ^b   Nozoe, Tetsuo ^d  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c NARA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE METHYLENE COMPOUNDS; AZULENES; ELEMENTARY PROCESS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MALONONITRILE ANION; MALONONITRILES; NMR MEASUREMENTS; NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; ONE POT; QUANTITATIVE YIELDS; RING CLOSURES;

ADDITION REACTIONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COMPLEXATION;

2 METHOXYTROPONE; AZULENE; CARBENE; CARBON; CYANIDE; IMINE; MALONONITRILE; METHANOL; TROPONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOPHILICITY; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862557229     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo300693n     Document Type: Article

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