Cyclopropylmethyl Radical Research Articles

The influence of α-trialkylsilyloxy groups on the rate of ring opening of cyclopropylmethyl radicals

The rate of ring opening of α-trialkylsilyloxycyclopropylmethyl radicals is about ten times slower than of the cyclopropylmethyl radical at 298K.

REDUCTION OF BENZOYLCYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVES WITH SODIUM IN AMMONIA

Abstract The isomerisation of a cyclopropylmethyl radical into a homoallyl radical is discussed on the basis of the reduction product of the titled compounds along with recent reports.

Addition reactions of esters of Feist's acid

The double bond in dimethyl and diethyl 3-methylenecyclopropane-trans-1,2-dicarboxylate is reactive towards radical addition of thiophenol, bromotrichloromethane, and benzaldehyde, to give the normal adducts of terminal olefins; no evidence was found for participation of a non-classical cyclopropylmethyl radical. The double bond could not be epoxidised but reacted readily with ethyl diazoacetate to give the spiropentane esters.The bromine adducts of the unsaturated esters react with nucleophiles at the primary rather than at the tertiary bromine.