MECHANISM OF A NOVEL SPIROCYCLISATION REACTION - INTRAMOLECULAR OXYGEN-TRANSFER TO CARBON RADICALS BY NITRO-GROUPS

Authors
TOPIWALA UP WHITING DA
Citation
Up. Topiwala et Da. Whiting, MECHANISM OF A NOVEL SPIROCYCLISATION REACTION - INTRAMOLECULAR OXYGEN-TRANSFER TO CARBON RADICALS BY NITRO-GROUPS, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (21), 1994, pp. 2443-2444
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224936
Issue
21
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2443 - 2444
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4936(1994):21<2443:MOANSR>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A mechanism for the novel radical spirocyclisation reaction 1 --> 2 is proposed, and is shown by isotopic labelling to involve transfer of o xygen from an aromatic nitro function to carbon in a cyclohexadienyl r adical.