Imidazolium ylides from a conjugate addition-proton transfer route and their cycloaddition reactions
journal contribution
posted on 2014-08-27, 12:34authored byRay Jones, James N. Iley, Maria Sanchis Amat, Xiaohui Zhang, Vickie McKee, Simon J. Coles, Thomas Gelbrich
4,5-Dihydroimidazolium ylides formed by conjugate addition–
proton transfer from dihydroimidazoles and doubly-activated
electron-deficient alkenes afford 2:1 cycloadducts in a one-pot
process wherein the alkene also acts as a dipolarophile.
Funding
We acknowledge studentship support from Loughborough
University (M.S-A.) and The Open University (X.Z.)
History
School
Science
Department
Chemistry
Published in
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume
47
Issue
28
Pages
7965 - 7967 (3)
Citation
JONES, R.C.F., LLEY, J.M., SANCHIS-AMAT, M. ... et al., 2011. Imidazolium ylides from a conjugate addition-proton transfer route and their cycloaddition reactions. Chemical Communications, 47(28), pp.7965-7967.