A ROTATIONAL KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECT IN THE CYCLOPROPYLALLENE TO 3-METHYLENECYCLOPENTENE THERMAL REARRANGEMENT

Authors
OLSON LP GAJEWSKI JJ
Citation
Lp. Olson et Jj. Gajewski, A ROTATIONAL KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECT IN THE CYCLOPROPYLALLENE TO 3-METHYLENECYCLOPENTENE THERMAL REARRANGEMENT, Tetrahedron letters, 34(18), 1993, pp. 2895-2898
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
34
Issue
18
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2895 - 2898
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1993)34:18<2895:ARKIEI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The deuterium kinetic isotope effect at the exo-methylene carbon of al lenyl-cyclopropane in its thermal 1,3-sigmatropic shift to 3-methylene cyclopentene was found to be 1.15/D2 at 311.5-degrees-C. This is a str iking example of a rotational effect.