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Condensation of Glyoxal with Triethylenetetraamine; Isomerization and Cyclization
Author(s) -
Hervé Gwénaëlle,
Bernard Hélène,
Toupet Loïc,
Handel Henri
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0690(200001)2000:1<33::aid-ejoc33>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - glyoxal , chemistry , isomerization , condensation , cyclen , condensation reaction , organic chemistry , computational chemistry , photochemistry , catalysis , thermodynamics , physics
The condensation of triethylenetetraamine with glyoxal leads to the formation of four stereoisomers A , B , C , D . A is the thermodynamic product and D the kinetic one. These four compounds exhibit equilibrium and isomerization phenomena which are the key‐feature of this cyclen synthesis.