A Mechanistic Study about the Formation of Tetracyanobutadienes Revealed an Autocatalytic Behavior
LoïcLemiègre,YannTrolez
Abstract
In a recent paper in Chemistry – A European Journal, Nielsen and coworkers reported a deep study on the mechanism of the [2+2] cycloaddition-retroelectrocyclization (CA-RE) inducing the formation of 1,1,4,4-tetracyanobutadienes (TCBD), which is now suggested to be autocatalytic.
