| Literature DB >> 14986964 |
Ian W Davies1, Vildan A Guner, K N Houk.
Abstract
Deoxygenation of nitroaromatics is a classic synthetic method for the construction of nitrogen heterocycles. The generally accepted mechanism involves exhaustive deoxygenation to a singlet nitrene. We present theoretical evidence for an alternative, 6pi-electron 5-atom electrocyclization of nitroso-styrenes, -stilbenes, and -biphenyls to nitronates. A downstream 1,5-H shift and tautomerization leads to N-hydroxy heterocycles. [reaction: see text]Entities:
Year: 2004 PMID: 14986964 DOI: 10.1021/ol0364273
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005