RING EXPANSION AND REARRANGEMENT REACTIONS OF N-HETEROARYLMETHYL RADICALS

Authors
MCLELLAN JF MCNAB H MUIR TW
Citation
Jf. Mclellan et al., RING EXPANSION AND REARRANGEMENT REACTIONS OF N-HETEROARYLMETHYL RADICALS, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (10), 1993, pp. 839-840
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
839 - 840
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1993):10<839:REARRO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Flash vacuum pyrolysis of N-(p-chlorophenoxymethyl)azoles (e.g. 2 and 3) gives ring expanded products (e.g. 4 and 8) formed via N-heteroaryl methyl radicals (e.g. 1 and 6); the mechanism of ring expansion genera lly involves a novel 'walk'-rearrangement of the radical centre.