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Blue, but Not a Mirage: Stable Aminoketenes by Carbene Carbonylation
Author(s) -
Tidwell Thomas T.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200601643
Subject(s) - ketene , carbene , carbonylation , carbon monoxide , chemistry , nitrogen , photochemistry , organic chemistry , computational chemistry , catalysis
A true oasis : The preparation of the first isolable aminoketenes by carbon monoxide addition to nitrogen‐substituted carbenes (see scheme; Ar=2,6‐ i Pr 2 C 6 H 3 ) fills a void in ketene chemistry in unexpected ways, and further provides a visual demonstration of ketene HOMO–LUMO interactions.