Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Conjugated Nitrosoalkenes and Azoalkenes.

Susana M M Lopes Ana L Cardoso Américo Lemos Teresa M V D Pinho E Melo

Published in: Chemical reviews (2018)

This review aims to present the most recent contributions in the chemistry of nitrosoalkenes and azoalkenes, highlighting the chemical behavior that makes them important and versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. These are heterodienes used in the assembly of a variety of heterocyclic systems, spanning from five- to seven-membered heterocycles, as well as for the functionalization of heterocycles.

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