Basak Amit, Roy Sandip K, Das Sanket, Hazra Amrita B, Ghosh Subhash C, Jha Shailendra
Bioorganic Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Feb 14(6):622-4. doi: 10.1039/b612114d. Epub 2006 Nov 1.
The spontaneous activation of a nonaromatic enediynyl azide under ambient conditions has been demonstrated. The aromatic enediyne followed the expected cycloaddition with the alkene in the neighbouring arm to form a stable bridged bicyclic enediyne.