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Direct Study of a Nondegenerate Cyclopropene‐to‐Cryclopropene Isomerization
Author(s) -
Hopf Henning,
von der Schulenburg Wilhelm Graf,
Walsh Robin
Publication year - 1997
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.199703811
Subject(s) - cyclopropene , isomerization , chemistry , photochemistry , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
Cyclopropenes interconvert upon heating! This remarkable process takes place via vinylidene intermediates, namely unsaturated carbenes that are also involved in the ring opening of these highly strained hydrocarbons (see below).