Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5317301 | Tetrahedron Letters | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The ring-opening of cyclopropenes (1) to carbenes (3) occurs more readily when X is an electron releasing group. The selectivity of carbenes (3, X = H, OMe) towards alkanes correlates well with that for tetrachloroprop-2-en-1-ylidene.
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Authors
Juma'a Al-Dulayymi, Mark S. Baird, Helmi H. Hussain,