Chemistry Letters

Ring cleavage reactions of substituted 2-isoxazolines by pentacarbonyliron under ultraviolet irradiation.

M Nitta, T Kobayashi

Index: Nitta, Makoto; Kobayashi, Tomoshige Chemistry Letters, 1983 , p. 51 - 54

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Citation Number: 17

Abstract

The photoirradiation of 3, 5-disubstituted 2-isoxazolines and Fe (CO) 5 in MeOH causes the N–O and C 4–C 5 bond cleavage to give two fragments of aldehydes and ketones, while that of 2-isoxazolines having no substituent at 5-position gives additional β-hydroxy-and β- methoxyketones.