Synthesis of enediyne model compounds producing toluene diradicals possessing a highly radical character via enyne–allene intermediates

✍ Scribed by Ichiro Suzuki; Masakazu Wakayama; Akira Shigenaga; Hisao Nemoto; Masayuki Shibuya

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 67 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)01788-3

✦ Synopsis

Development of enediyne model compounds that produce dehydrotoluene diradicals under acidic media is described. The ionic character of the diradicals is shown to be avoided by the electron-withdrawing groups in the molecules both in benzene and MeOH.