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Alkylidene Carbenes as Intermediates in the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Branched-chain Sugar and Nucleosides
Perez-Perez, Maria-Jesus,Camarasa, Maria-Jose
, p. 7269 - 7282 (2007/10/02)
Reaction of O-mesylcyanohydrins of furanos-3-ulose with sodium azide afforded isomeric vinylazido compounds.A mechanism involving an alkylidene carbene is proposed and the intermediacy of such a carbene is confirmed by standard trapping reactions such as,
