Solving the Pericyclic–Pseudopericyclic Puzzle in the Ring-Closure Reactions of 1, 2, 4, 6-Heptatetraene Derivatives

CS López, ON Faza, M Freindorf, E Kraka…

Index: Souto, Jose A.; Perez, Martin; Silva Lopez, Carlos; Alvarez, Rosana; Torrado, Alicia; De Lera, Angel R. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 75, # 13 p. 4453 - 4462

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Abstract

The ongoing controversy whether cyclization reactions of conjugated allenes or ketenes follow a pericyclic or a pseudopericyclic mechanism has triggered dozens of investigations, which have led to new valuable synthetic routes. In this work, the mechanism of 10