Barton Reaction

The Barton Reaction is a photochemical radical reaction in organic chemistry whereby an alkyl nitrite undergoes homolytic cleavage upon ultraviolet irradiation to generate an alkoxyl radical, which subsequently abstracts a hydrogen atom intramolecularly to form a carbon-centered radical that participates in further functionalization, thus enabling remote C–H bond functionalization.

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Variants

Barton Nitrite Photolysis

Authors

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  1. TJ
    Thomas J. Barton

    Iowa State University, United States

    5 publications · 167 citations

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  2. FF
    Francesca Fontana

    Politecnico di Milano, Italy

    4 publications · 148 citations

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  3. PS
    Phil S. Baran

    Scripps Research Institute, United States

    4 publications · 594 citations

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  4. FM
    Francesco Minisci

    Politecnico di Milano, Italy

    4 publications · 148 citations

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  5. SZ
    Samir Z. Zard

    École Polytechnique, France

    4 publications · 137 citations

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  1. The Journal of Organic Chemistry

    JOC · 18 publications · 653 citations

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  2. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 13 publications · 501 citations

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  3. Tetrahedron Letters

    13 publications · 444 citations

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  4. Angewandte Chemie International Edition

    11 publications · 5.7K citations

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  5. Organic Letters

    OL · 7 publications · 300 citations

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