• Ketene cycloadditions are the reactions of the pi system of ketenes with unsaturated compounds to provide four-membered or larger rings. [2+2], [3+2]...
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    [2+2] cycloaddition. The example shows the synthesis of a β-lactam by the reaction of a ketene with an imine (see Staudinger synthesis): Ketenes are generally...
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  • suprafacial-antarafacial sense (syn/anti stereochemistry), such as the cycloaddition reactions of ketene and allene derivatives, in which the orthogonal set of p orbitals...
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  • enol ethers of esters (−OR) or carboxylic acids (−COOH) are called silyl ketene acetals and have the general structure R3Si−O−C(OR)=CR2. These compounds...
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    Hermann Staudinger's work with ketenes published in 1912 covered both [2+2] cycloadditions, where one molecule of a ketene reacted with an unsaturated compound...
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    via this mode. Ketenes are a large class of reactants favoring [2 + 2] cycloaddition with olefins. The MO analysis of ketene cycloaddition is rendered complicated...
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  • stable alkylidene ketenes via N2/CO exchange at atmospheric pressure. Alkylidene ketenes can readily dimerize and participate in cycloaddition reactions. Often...
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    Staudinger synthesis (category Cycloadditions)
    Staudinger ketene-imine cycloaddition, is a chemical synthesis in which an imine 1 reacts with a ketene 2 through a non-photochemical 2+2 cycloaddition to produce...
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    addition reaction with a range of other chemicals, particularly ketene cycloadditions, or dimerisation to diketene. With this approach it is possible...
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    compound is converted into a ketene by loss of dinitrogen with accompanying 1,2-rearrangement. The Wolff rearrangement yields a ketene as an intermediate product...
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    viable. Some classes of pericyclic reactions, such as the [2+2] ketene cycloaddition reactions, can be 'controversial' because their mechanism is sometimes...
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  • unsaturated compounds which undergo [2+2] cycloadditions with the in situ generated ketenes. When ketenes are formed in the presence of alkynes they...
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    1-ethoxycyclobutene-3-one, which is prepared from the cycloaddition of ethoxyacetylene to ketene. A variety of substituted 1,3-Cyclobutanediones form upon...
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    connected by a pair of new carbon-carbon bonds, the result of the [4+4] cycloaddition. It reverts to anthracene thermally or with UV irradiation below 300 nm...
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    the following scheme: The synthesis begins with photochemical [2+2]cycloaddition of ethene on the cyclohexene derivative 1 to produce the bicyclic compound...
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    ethylene and ketene. The activation energy for this [2+2] cycloelimination is 52 kcal/mol. The reverse reaction, the [2+2] cycloaddition of ketene and ethylene...
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    Diphenylketene (category Ketenes)
    in the ketene structure R1R2C=C=O, diphenyl ketene is a heterocumulene. The most important reaction of diphenyl ketene is the [2+2] cycloaddition at C-C...
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  • are generally favored over ketene acetals. The high stereospecificity and stereoselectivity inherent in many TMM cycloaddition reactions is a significant...
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  • Cycloaddition 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition Azide-alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition Diels–Alder reaction Nitrone-olefin (3+2) cycloaddition Staudinger ketene-imine...
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    computational studies. The new mechanism involves formation of a vinyl ketene. The Vanderwal group has also reported the synthesis of 4-stannyldienals...
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    N-sulfinylaniline. Sulfinyl amines are dienophile. They undergo [2+2] cycloaddition to ketenes. According to X-ray crystallography, sulfinylamines have planar...
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  • Tsutomu (2003). "Exclusive Formation of α-Methyleneoxetanes in Ketene−Alkene Cycloadditions. Evidence for Intervention of Both an α-Methyleneoxetane and...
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    potassium carbonate leads to what may be viewed as 2+3 cycloaddition of the nitrogen analogue of a ketene to form the imidazole ring. "European Public Assessment...
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  • metallacyclopropanone, which is a resonance form of the metallated ketene. With ketene reactivity, the species could be trapped by several nucleophiles...
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    also undergo cyclization, e.g. azide alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition to give triazoles. Cycloaddition processes involving alkynes are often catalyzed by metals...
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  • (RC(O)CHN2) product undergoes the metal-catalyzed Wolff rearrangement to form a ketene, which hydrates to the acid. The rearrangement leaves untouched the stereochemistry...
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  • the potential of PCO towards cycloadditions. They found that the anion could react in a [2+2] fashion with a diphenyl ketene to produce the first isolatable...
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    {R-C(O)CN}}}+{\ce {H2O}}} Acetyl cyanide is also prepared by hydrocyanation of ketene: CH 2 = C = O + H CN ⟶ H 3 C − C ( O ) CN {\displaystyle {\ce {CH2=}}{\color...
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  • A. R.; Nguyen, H. D.; Chung, J. Y. L. (1984). "Cationic cyclization of ketene dithioacetals. A general synthesis of pyrrolizidine, indolizidine, and quinolizidine...
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    possess a rich cycloaddition chemistry, including both [4+2] and [2+2] modes of addition, as well as undergoing formal cycloaddition processes catalyzed...
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