| Literature DB >> 26696541 |
Dehui Chang1, Qiaoqiao Yang1, Meng Li2, Ran Fang3.
Abstract
A theoretical study of the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed cyclotetramerization of acrylates forming trisubstituted cyclopentenones indicates a mechanism through a key deoxy-Breslow intermediate generated from one molecule of NHC and two molecules of methyl acrylate (MA). Pathways involving different proton-transfer (α or β) and the role of a tert-butoxide ( (t) BuO(-)) group were investigated.Entities:
Keywords: Acrylates; Cyclotetramerization; Density functional theory; N-heterocyclic carbene; Reaction mechanism
Year: 2015 PMID: 26696541 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-015-2884-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Model ISSN: 0948-5023 Impact factor: 1.810