The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Carbonation of 1-triptycyllithium taking place via electron transfer-recombination mechanism

Y Kawada, H Iwamura

Index: Kawada, Yuzo; Iwamura, Hiizu Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1981 , vol. 46, # 16 p. 3357 - 3359

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Abstract

Ample evidence has been accumulating to indicate that the addition of organometallic reagents to carbonyl compounds proceeds via an electron-transfer pathway. In the case of the reaction of lithium organocuprates with a series of enones, House'presented the empirical rule that, in order for the two-step mechanism (the electron transfer and recombination of the resultant radical pair) to proceed at a reasonable rate, the electrode ...