W. Kirmse, Carbene Chemistry., AP, New York, 1971.

Key Words:
PHYSICAL ORGANIC/REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES/CARBENOIDS/CARBENES



Nitrogen as a Leaving Group: Aliphatic Diazonium Ions.

W. Kirmse, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1976, 15, 251.

Key Words:
FUNCTIONAL GROUPS/PREPARATIONS/MISCELLANEOUS/C-X/N2



W. Kirmse, in Advances in Carbene Chemistry, Vol. 1 (Ed.: U. H. Brinker), Jai Press Inc, Greenwich, CT, 1994.

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Alkenylidenes in organic synthesis.

W. Kirmse, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1997, 36, 1164.

Key Words:
carbenes/carbenoids/cyclizations/rearrangements/synthetic methods/C-H INSERTION/ALPHA-ALKYNONE CYCLIZATION/CARBON-HYDROGEN INSERTION/POTASSIUM TERT-BUTOXIDE/FLASH VACUUM PYROLYSIS/UNSATURATED CARBENES/ALKYLIDENE CARBENES/CYCLOPENT<A>INDENE BENZOPENTALENE/HYPERVALENT ALKENYLIODONIUM/THERMAL REARRANGEMENTS



Reactive intermediates from N-aziridinylimines.

W. Kirmse, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 1998, 201.

Key Words:
carbenes/carbocations/diazo compounds/radicals/cyclizations/LASER-FLASH-PHOTOLYSIS/O-H BOND/INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLOADDITION/RADICAL CYCLIZATIONS/SHAPIRO REACTION/CARBENES/IMINES/REARRANGEMENT/GENERATION/HOMOCUB-1(9)-ENE



Reactivity of functionalized arylcarbenes. 2-Phenylethyl side chains and hetero analogues.

W. Kirmse, W. Konrad, I. S. Ozkir, Tetrahedron, 1997, 53, 9935.

Key Words:
INTRAMOLECULAR ADDITION-REACTIONS/ORGANO-LITHIUM REAGENTS/HYDROGEN ABSTRACTION/TRIPLET/1,5-BIRADICALS/PHOTOCHEMISTRY/REARRANGEMENT/GENERATION/INSERTION/CARBENES