Solvent effects rearrangements

H- Pyrro lo[l,2-c][l,2,4]triazol-3-ones synthesis, 6, 991 Pyrroloyl azides Curtius rearrangement, 4, 288 Pyrrolyl anions acylation, 4, 232 alkylation, 4, 235 solvent effects, 4, 236 C-alkylation... 

Solvent effects for the thermal rearrangement Solvent effects on the thermal rearrangement were evaluated using a microwave technique [9e]. 

Table 6.1 Solvent effects for the microwave-assisted rearrangement.

The Claisen rearrangement is an electrocyclic reaction which converts an allyl vinyl ether into a y,8-unsaturated aldehyde or ketone, via a (3.3) sigmatropic shift. The rate of this reaction can be largely increased in polar solvents. Several works have addressed the study of the reaction mechanism and the electronic structure of the transition state (TS) by examining substituent and solvent effects on the rate of this reaction. 

Other energetic components associated widi the solvation process include non-electrostatic aspects of hydrogen bonding and solvent-structural rearrangements like the hydrophobic effect. Despite many years of study, the fundamental physics associated with both of these processes remains fairly controversial, and physically based models have not been applied with any regularity in the context of continuum solvation models. 

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