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SUBMITTER: Jana S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6968735 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20190906 43
The reaction mechanism of oxygen and sulfur ylide mediated rearrangements is even today a matter of debate. In this report, we describe ring expansion reactions of oxetane and thietane heterocycles that allow probing the underlying reaction mechanism under metal-free, photochemical conditions. This ring expansion proves highly efficient and allows the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran and thiolane heterocycles under mild and operationally simple reaction conditions. These studies reveal marked differ ...[more]