Ring splitting of azetidin-2-ones via radical anions
作者:Raúl Pérez-Ruiz、Jose A. Sáez、Luis R. Domingo、M. Consuelo Jiménez、Miguel A. Miranda
DOI:10.1039/c2ob26528a
日期:——
The radicalanions of azetidin-2-ones, generated by UV-irradiation in the presence of triethylamine, undergo ring-splitting via N–C4 or C3–C4 bond breaking, leading to open-chain amides. This reactivity diverges from that found for the neutral excited states, which is characterised by α-cleavage. The preference for β-cleavage is supported by DFT theoretical calculations on the energy barriers associated