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Epimeric Equilibration and Substituent Interaction in 2‐Oxetanones (β‐Lactones)
Author(s) -
Mulzer Johann,
Zippel Matthias
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198103991
Subject(s) - substituent , chemistry , solvent , position (finance) , function (biology) , stereochemistry , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , evolutionary biology , biology , finance , economics
The equilibration of β‐lactones of type (1) / (2) has been used as model example for studying the position of equilibrium of cis ‐ trans ‐disubstituted four‐membered rings as a function of the substituents. The mutual rearrangement presumably proceeds via a contact ion pair (3) (S = solvent).