K. Ishiguro, K. Hirabayashi, Takayuki Nojima
Aug 5, 2002
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Chemistry Letters
Abstract
The 1O2 oxidation of 1,3-dialkylimidazol-2-ylidene (alkyl=tert-butyl) resulted in the formation of a carbonyl oxide intermediate which was shown to react as a nucleophilic O-transer and to cyclize to an unstable dioxirane intermediate leading to, as final products, bis-imine RN=CH–CH=NR and carbene-CO2 adduct.