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The Ring Expansion – Ring Contraction Dichotomy in Aromatic Nitrene and Carbene Reactions I. Arylcarbenes. Preliminary communication
Author(s) -
Wentrup C.,
Mayor C.,
Gleiter R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
helvetica chimica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1522-2675
pISSN - 0018-019X
DOI - 10.1002/hlca.19720550741
Subject(s) - chemistry , nitrene , cndo/2 , contraction (grammar) , carbene , ring (chemistry) , computational chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , molecule , medicine
Rearrangement experiments and energy calculations by the CNDO/2 and extende Hückel methods indicate that ring expansion and ring contraction in aromatic carbenes and nitrnes can be one‐step processes which are governed by the stabilities of the primary products and the energies of the reactants.