The nucleophilic reactivity of fluoromethoxycarbene.
Activation parameters are reported for the additions of fluoromethoxycarbene (FCOMe) to alpha-chloroacrylonitrile, methyl acrylate, and acrylonitrile. The reactivity of FCOMe is compared to that of dichlorocarbene and chloromethoxycarbene.
Moss
Robert A
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Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA. moss@rutchem.rutgers.edu
Zhang
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Krogh-Jespersen
Karsten
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