(2-vinylcyclopropyl) carbenes. More stepwise mechanisms for ring-expansion

JM Cummins, I Pelczer, M Jones

Index: Cummins, Jordan M.; Pelczer, Istvan; Jones Jr., Maitland Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999 , vol. 121, # 33 p. 7595 - 7599

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Abstract

Why was such a validation necessary? Why could the Reich/Scott mechanism of Scheme 2 not stand on its own feet? The problem was that there was no solid evidence that diradicals analogous to 2 and 3, and the ones implied in the Reich/Scott work, were involved in reactions of simple cyclopropylcarbenes 4 or, most important, in reactions of vinyl-substituted cyclopropylcarbenes. 5 Although it might be argued in Cummins' work on 1 1 that ...