"Armed and disarmed" theory in the addition of an azide radical to glucalsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c5ra00296f

• Main Authors: Wang, Wenjun, Yang, Zhongyue, Xu, Yun, Liu, Taibao, Song, Tianbang, Zhao, Yunyan, Xu, Xiufang, Zhao, Wei, Wang, Peng George
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 27.04.2015

In this report, "armed and disarmed" theory was used to explain the selectivity of azide radical addition to glucals. We discovered that "armed" glucals were prone to undergo a kinetic process. The torsional strains govern the selectivity. Meanwhile, "disarmed" glucals...