Tetrahedron Letters

A study on the reactions of NADH models with electron-deficient alkenes. A probe for the extreme of concerted electron-hydrogen atom transfer mechanism

XQ Fang, HJ Xu, H Jiang, YC Liu, Y Fu, YD Wu

Index: Fang, Xin-Qiang; Xu, Hua-Jian; Jiang, Hong; Liu, You-Cheng; Fu, Yao; Wu, Yun-Dong Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 3 p. 312 - 315

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Abstract

The reactions of 9-fluorenylidenemalononitrile (FDCN) and 1, 1-diphenyl-2, 2- dicyanoethylene (DPCN) with Hantzsch ester (HEH), N-methyl Hantzsch ester (Me-HEH), and 1-benzyl-1, 4-dihydronicotinamide (BNAH) in oxygen-saturated acetonitrile have been studied. The aerobic reactions with HEH give solely reduction products. However, reactions with Me-HEH and BNAH not only result in reduction products, but also give varying ...