McFadyen-Stevens Reaction

McFadyen-Stevens Reaction

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The thermal decomposition of acylarylsulfonylhydrazines into the corresponding aldehydes under basic conditions is known as the McFadyen-Stevens reaction. The reaction has been modified to effect the transformation under mild conditions.

  • General References

・McFadyen, J. S.; Stevens, T. S. J. Chem. Soc. 1936, 584.
・Mosettig, E. Org. React. 19548, 232.
・Dudman, C. C.; Grice, P.; Reese, C. B. Tetrahedron Lett. 198021, 4645. doi:10.1016/0040-4039(80)80096-7
・Iwai, Y.; Ozaki, T.; Takita, R.; Uchiyama, M.; Shimokawa, J.; Fukuyama, T. Chem. Sci. 2012, doi:10.1039/C2SC22045H

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(Reference: Chem.Sci. 2012.)

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Under the conditions modified by Fukuyama, the reaction of N,N-acylsulfonyl hydrazine proceeds at lower temperature than the original conditions.[1]

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[1] Iwai, Y.; Ozaki, T.; Takita, R.; Uchiyama, M.; Shimokawa, J.; Fukuyama, T. Chem. Sci. 2012, doi:10.1039/C2SC22045H

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