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    N-heterocyclic carbene catalysed oxygen-to-carbon carboxyl transfer of indolyl and benzofuranyl carbonates

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    The ability of N-heterocyclic carbenes to promote O-to-C carboxyl transfer on a range of indolyl and benzofuranyl carbonates is examined, and the scope and limitations of this process delineated.</p

    One-carbon extrusion from a tetraazafulvalene. Isolation of aldehydes and a study of their origin

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    Reaction of imidazolylidene-derived enetetramine 2 with aliphatic iodides and bromides (and with aryl iodides bearing alkene-containing side-chains in the ortho-position) leads to formation of aliphatic aldehydes through an unprecedented extrusion of a one-carbon unit from the enetetramine. An intermediate 2-alkylimidazoline 24 is proposed, where the alkyl group derives from the substrate; this imidazoline undergoes further reaction in situ to afford the observed aldehydes on acidic workup. Modified substrates were designed and prepared to probe the chemistry of the alkylimidazoline adducts and provided extensive information on the chemistry of the adducts
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