A DFT computational study of the molecular mechanism of [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions between nitroethene and
Radomir Jasiński1, Ewa Jasińska2, Ewa Dresler3
1Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155, Kraków, Poland. radomir@chemia.pk.edu.pl.
Abstract:
DFT calculations were performed to shed light on the molecular mechanism of [3 + 2] cycloadditions of simple conjugated nitroalkenes to benzonitrile N-oxides. In particular, it was found that these processes proceed by a one-step mechanism through asynchronous transition states. According to the latest terminology, they should be considered polar but not stepwise processes.
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