New Elements in the Reactivity of α-Cyclopropyl Vinyl Radicals

Abstract

The reactivity of the α-cyclopropyl vinyl radical has been examined through the use of propargylic bromomethyldime­thylsilyl ethers bearing a cyclopropyl group on the acetylenic moiety. With unsubstituted precursors, allenes can be obtained. With appropriate trapping possibilities (5-exo cyclization or hydrogen transfer), the cyclopropyl moiety on the vinyl radical is retained.

vinyl radicals - cyclizations - ring opening - hydrogen transfer - cyclopropanes

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