Carbenes and nitrenes can exist in both singlet and triplet states, sometimes equally stable
and interconverting either thermally or photochemically. Many carbene and nitrene reactions …

Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of azides is an extremely valuable method of generating
nitrenes and studying their thermal rearrangements. The nitrenes can in many cases be …

Vinyl pnictinidenes are an elusive family of molecules that have been suggested as key
intermediates in multiple chemical reactions and commonly display a predisposition toward …

Herein, we report that triplet vinylnitrenes with 1, 3-biradical character can directly participate
in photocycloaddition reactions with olefins to produce single diastereomers of the …

Indanones are prominent motifs found in number of natural products and pharmaceuticals.
Particularly, 1-indanones occupy important niche in chemical landscape due to their easy …

Although nitrene chemistry is promising for the light-induced modification of organic
compounds, the reactivity of large polycyclic aromatic compounds and the effects of their …

Two simple acylnitrenes, 2-furoylnitrene (2) and 3-furoylnitrene (6), were generated through
266 nm laser photolysis of the corresponding azides. Both are magnetically bistable in …

An efficient silver catalyzed annulation reaction of aryne with nitriles to generate
quinazolines is described. Arynes generated from triynes or tetraynes through a …

Phosphinidenes are heavy congeners of nitrenes that have been broadly used as in situ
reagents in synthetic phosphorus chemistry and also serve as versatile ligands in …

Heterocyclic N-oxides have gained in prominence in many areas of chemistry in the past
several decades. In the area of organic synthesis, N-oxides have emerged as important …