Tetrahedron Letters

Selective imidoylnitrenes

W Lwowski, OS Rao

Index: Lwowski Walter; Rao Subba O. Tetrahedron Letters, 1980 , vol. 21, p. 727 - 730

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Abstract

Abstract Two new imidoylnitrenes and alkoxycarbonylnitrene form a sequence of reactivities: Only ROCO N attacks C H bonds, it and RO C ( NCN) N convert benzene to azepines. Benzene is not attacked by RO C ( NSO 2 CH 3) N, but all three nitrenes