ACYLCOBALT SALOPHEN REAGENTS. PRECURSORS TO ACYL RADICAL INTERMEDIATES FOR INTER- AND INTRA- MOLECULAR OXIDATIVE MICHAEL ADDITION REACTIONS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)81098-4

Acylcobalt salophens (2) undergo homolytic cleavage (Δ, sunlamp) producing acyl radicals (10) which undergo oxidative additions to activated carbon-to-carbon double bonds leading to enones and functionalised ring systems e.g. (3)<*>(4);(5)<*>(6);(7)<*>(8);(12)<*>(13); and (14)<*>(15).