title: Electrocatalytic formal [2+2] cycloaddition reactions between anodically activated enyloxy benzene and alkenes.
abstract: Electrocatalytic formal [2+2] cycloadditions between anodically activated enyloxy benzene and alkenes have been accomplished in a lithium perchlorate/nitromethane electrolyte solution. The enyloxy benzene moiety of these electrolytic substrates played an important role in the formation of a radical cation that could accept nucleophilic alkenes, followed by intramolecular electron transfer between the cyclobutane and phenyl ether moieties of the intermediates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arata
authors.forename: Teppei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiba
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D001555:Benzene Derivatives