The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Concertedness in the thermal intermolecular ene reactions of dimethyl mesoxalate and substituted alkenes

G Jenner, M Papadopoulos

Index: Jenner, Gerard; Papadopoulos, Mihalis Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1982 , vol. 47, # 22 p. 4201 - 4204

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Abstract

The activation volumes and pressure dependence of rate constants for thermal ene reactions of dimethyl mesoxalate with substituted alkenes have been determined. The data support a concerted mechanism in which the transition state is highly product-like and in ...