Synfacts 2010(7): 0773-0773  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220054
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Cycloaddition and Rearrangement

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Brett VanVeller
D. T. Gryko*, M. K. Rogacki, J. Klajn, M. Gałęzowski, D. K. Stępień, M. K. Cyrański*
Polish Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Chemistry, Kasprzaka, Warsaw University of Technology and University of Warsaw, Poland
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Publication Date:
22 June 2010 (online)

Significance

An unprecedented reaction between naphthalene bisimides and azomethine ylides is reported. DFT calculations were used to ­rationalize the unique structural rearrangement taking place after the initial double 1,3-dipolar ­cycloaddition.