

A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF NONCATALYZED [3+2] CYCLOADDITION INVOLVING (2E)-3-ARYL-2-NITROPROP-2-ENENITRILES

Abstract
N-Methylazomethine ylide reacts in boiling benzene with (2E)-3-aryl-2-nitroprop-2-enenitriles via [3+2] cycloaddition scheme. This is an evidently rare case of [3+2] cycloaddition of this group of conjugated nitroalkenes
Keywords
nitroalkene; ylide; [3+2] cycloaddition; molecular electron density theory
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