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SUBMITTER: Bauer A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7589340 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20200817 41
The reactivity of iodine(III) reagents towards nucleophiles is often associated with umpolung and cationic mechanisms. Herein, we report a general process converting a range of ketone derivatives into α-cyclopropanated ketones by oxidative umpolung. Mechanistic investigation and careful characterization of side products revealed that the reaction follows an unexpected pathway and suggests the intermediacy of non-classical carbocations. ...[more]