Title

A Phenyliodonium Ylide as a Precursor for Dicarboethoxycarbene:  Demonstration of a Strategy for Carbene Generation

Authors

Margaret B. Camacho, Central Washington University
Aurora E. Clark, Central Washington University
Tabitha A. Liebrecht, Central Washington University
JoAnn P. DeLuca, Central Washington University

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Chemistry

Publication Date

5-10-2000

Abstract

Thermal or photochemical decomposition of carbene precursors, especially diazocompounds and diazirenes, leads in many cases to both a free carbene intermediate and products formed directly from the precursor. This ability of precursors to mimic carbenes often complicates mechanistic studies. For example,direct photolysis of dimethyl diazomalonate leads to products stemming from reactions of substrate with1:C(CO₂Me)₂,3:C(CO₂-Me)₂, and photoexcited1a(11a*) as outlined in Scheme 1. In situations such as this, alternative modes of carbene generation have proved valuable in characterizing the reactive species. Here we describe a strategy for identifying new carbene precursors and report the facile generation of ¹:C(CO₂Et)₂by thermal decomposition of iodonium ylide, as well as a supporting computational study.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Camacho, M. B., Clark, A. E., Liebrecht, T. A., & DeLuca, J. A. P. (2000). A Phenyliodonium Ylide as a Precursor for Dicarboethoxycarbene: Demonstration of a Strategy for Carbene Generation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122(21), 5210–5211. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja000334o

Journal

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Rights

Copyright © 2000 American Chemical Society