Intramolecular cyclization of organometallic compounds represents
a promising tool for synthesis. The reaction involves exothermic
consumption of intramolecular double bonds via insertion
into a carbon metal sigma bond. This represents an intramolecular
example of the reaction type responsible for metal catalyzed polymerization
of olefins.
Organolithium reagents were found to cyclize...
The relative rates of hydrogen abstraction from 1-phenylalkanes and a,w-diphenylalkanes using N-bromosuccinimide and bromotrichloromethane were determined at 70°C. In both cases the reactions were photoinitiated. Only benzylic bromination was observed. The 1-phenylalkanes reacted with both reagents to give rates largely independent of substrate. Similarly, the rate of the reaction between...
Six polycyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons were reacted with the
trichloromethyl radical photolytically generated from bromotrichloromethane
at 40°. Relative rates of reaction were correlated
with a computer analysis of the change in strain energy in going
from the ground state to the intermediate. A good correlation between
the log of the relative...
The relative rates of hydrogen abstraction from a series of 13
arylmethanes by the trichloromethyl radical were determined at 70°.
The attacking radical was generated from bromotrichloromethane us
ing benzoyl peroxide as the initiator. The solvent was benzenebromotrichloromethane.
An excellent correlation, with a coefficient
of 0.977, was obtained when the...