Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1991, 56, 425-435
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19910425
An account of regioselectivity in [2 + 3] cycloaddition of benzonitrile N-oxides with nitroethene by PMO theory
Andrzej Barańskia and Gyula Bánkib
a Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Technical University, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
b Department of Organic Chemistry Slovak Institute of Technology, 880 37 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Abstract
The application of PMO treatment to [2 + 3] cycloaddition of nitroethene to benzonitrile N-oxides is described. It was found that the reaction is under charge transfer control and PMO considerations based on MNDO calculations allow for the elucidation of the observed regioselectivity.
