On the long-standing question of an ET or polar mechanism for the cycloaddition of tetracyanoethylene with electron rich alkenes
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
- No. 3,p. 577-580
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p29950000577
Abstract
An ET mechanism is decisively excluded for the zwitterionic cycloaddition of tetracyanoethylene and bis(4-methoxycinnamyl) ether. A polar mechanism for this and analogous zwitterionic cycloadditions is therefore strongly indicated.Keywords
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