| Nitrosocarbonyl compounds are reactive intermediates, which are generated only in situ. Several of these reactive intermediates have been used in natural product syntheses; but, little mechanistic work has been reported. We have generated several of these nitrosocarbonyl compounds in order to study the mechanistic aspects of their intramolecular ene reaction.;The reactivity of the nitrosocarbonyl compounds have been compared to other systems like singlet oxygen and triazolinediones. Our studies support the fact that the intramolecular ene reactions of nitrosocarbonylalkenes proceed via an analogous intermediate as that of other systems like singlet oxygen and triazolinediones. |
