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Chem Soc Rev
; 43(9): 3136-63, 2014 May 07.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24647416
RESUMO
This article reviews methods for converting allenes to strained, three-membered methylene heterocycles, and also covers the reactivity of these products. Specifically, the synthesis and reactivity of methylene aziridines, allene oxides/spirodiepoxides, methylene silacyclopropanes, methylene phosphiranes, and methylene thiiranes are described, including applications to the synthesis of complex molecules. Due to the primary focus on heterocyclic motifs, the all-carbon analogue of these species (methylene cyclopropane) is only briefly discussed.