Ring Opening of Methylenecyclopropanes in Liquid Sulfur Dioxide

International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis 2019: Book of Abstracts 2019
Kristaps Leškovskis, Krista Gulbe, Māris Turks

Methylenecyclopropanes (MCPs) are easily accessible yet highly strained and reactive building blocks. MCP can be readily opened under transition metal or Lewis acid catalyzed conditions. We have hypothesized that a highly polar and Lewis acidic reaction medium could facilitate the ring opening of MCPs with simple nucleophiles. We have recently shown that liquid sulfur dioxide perfectly fulfils the aforementioned solvent requirements.

Keywords
liquid sulfur dioxide, lewis acid, methylenecyclopropane ring opening

Leškovskis, K., Gulbe, K., Turks, M. Ring Opening of Methylenecyclopropanes in Liquid Sulfur Dioxide. In: International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis 2019: Book of Abstracts, Portugal, Evora, 3-6 September, 2019. Evora: 2019, pp.288-288.

Publication language
English (en)