The Reformatsky reaction in organic synthesis. Recent advances

R Ocampo, WR Dolbier Jr - Tetrahedron, 2004 - Elsevier
The classical form of the well-known Reformatsky reaction, introduced for the first time in
1887, 1 consists of the zincinduced formation of b-hydroxyalkanoates from ethyl a …

Niobium pentachloride catalysed ring opening of epoxides

MG Constantino, V Lacerda Jr, V Aragão - Molecules, 2001 - mdpi.com
Epoxide ring opening is a frequently required transformation in Organic Synthesis. In this
paper we describe the application of NbCl5 for this purpose using three different substrates …

Principal component analysis of long-range 'W'coupling constants of some cyclic compounds

MG Constantino, V Lacerda Jr, GVJ da Silva… - Journal of Molecular …, 2001 - Elsevier
The long-range (4JHH) coupling constants of 28 compounds, cyclopentane and
cyclohexane derivatives, have been analyzed by means of principal component analysis …

Stereochemistry in substituted cyclopentanes: An approach to the analysis by proton NMR

MG Constantino, GVJ da Silva - Tetrahedron, 1998 - Elsevier
A rationalization is suggested which can help organic chemists in realizing analyses of the
relative stereochemistry of substituted cyclopentanes by proton NMR, through the coupling …

Long‐range JCH heteronuclear coupling constants in cyclopentane derivatives

V Lacerda Jr, GVJ da Silva… - Magnetic …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed measurements of long‐range heteronuclear spin–spin coupling constants,
especially 2, 3JCH spin–spin couplings for various cyclopentane derivatives, are reported …

[HTML][HTML] Stereoselective sodium borohydride reductions of cyclopentanones: influence of ceric chloride on the stereochemistry of reaction

MG Constantino, LGO Matias, GVJ Silva, E Barbieri… - Química …, 1998 - SciELO Brasil
In this paper we describe the reduction by NaBH4 of some cyclopentanones containing an
oxygenated function at the side chain position beta to the carbonyl group, both in the …

Stereochemistry of cyclopentane derivatives from 2, 3JCH dependence on dihedral angle (θ HCCX)

V Lacerda Jr, GVJ da Silva… - Magnetic …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The 2, 3JCH dependence on dihedral angle (θ H C C X) for cyclopentane derivatives
was investigated. We observed that the combined use of experimentally obtained 2, 3JCH …

Synthetic studies on the diels–alder adduct from 3, 4-dimethoxyfuran and benzoquinone

MG Constantino, A Beatriz, GVJ da Silva… - Synthetic …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we describe the peculiar properties of a polycyclic compound (2), derived from
a Diels–Alder adduct, which undergoes spontaneous cyclization to 3 when kept in …

Long‐range JCH heteronuclear coupling constants in cyclopentane derivatives. Part II

V Lacerda Jr, GVJ da Silva, CF Tormena… - Magnetic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Here we report the detailed measurement of long‐range heteronuclear spin–spin coupling
constants, especially 2, 3JCH spin–spin couplings for eight different cyclopentane …

Detailed assignments of 1H and 13C NMR spectral data of 14 cyclopentane derivatives

MG Constantino, VL Júnior… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed assignments of 1H and 13C NMR spectral data for 14 cyclopentane derivatives are
reported. The assignments are based on 1D 1H and 13C NMR and on 2D shift‐correlated …