Cycloaddition reactions of the mesoionic dehydrodithizone incorporating a new 1,3-dipolar species
Abstract
The mesoionic dehydrodithizone (I) reacts readily, in 1,3-dipolar fashion, with activated alkenes and alkynes to furnish cycloadducts and with ethoxycarbonyl-methylenetriphenylphosphorane to yield the betaine (IX).