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Chemical Transformations of Vinylidenecyclopropanes

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Vinylidenecyclopropanes (VDCPs) 1, which have strained cyclopropyl group connected with an allene moiety and yet are thermally stable and reactive substances in organic chemistry, are versatile intermediates in organic synthesis. The first synthesis of VDCPs 1 can be traced back to 1959. During the past decades, VDCPs 1 have demonstrated special reactivities, which can be tuned by the electronic or steric effects and nature of the substituents on the skeleton.

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Shao, L., Lu, J., Shi, M. (2012). Introduction. In: Chemical Transformations of Vinylidenecyclopropanes. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27573-9_1

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