Unusual mechanistic course of some NHC-mediated transesterifications.
During experiments on the transesterification of vinyl benzoate with ethanol mediated by IPr and IMes, unexpected species were observed and characterized that call into question the accepted mechanism of the NHC-mediated transesterification of vinyl esters.
Pignataro
Luca
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Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, Universita degli Studi di Milano, via Venezian 21, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
Papalia
Teresa
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Slawin
Alexandra M Z
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Goldup
Stephen M
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