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Conjugate addition of water to α-carbonylcarbenes

✍ Scribed by Y. Chiang; E. A. Jefferson; A. J. Kresge; V. V. Popik; R.-Q. Xie


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
115 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-3230

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✦ Synopsis


a-Carbonylcarbenes (2a-c) generated by UV photolysis of 2-diazophenylacetic acid (1a), its methyl ester (1b) and 4-diazo-3-isochromanone (1c) in aqueous solution undergo conjugate addition of water across the entire carbonylcarbene moiety to give enols (3a-c) of the corresponding a-hydroxycarbonyl compounds. These carbenes are long-lived, with microsecond lifetimes in aqueous solution.


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