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Gary W. Breton

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Publications (4)

Spontaneous Formation of Strained Anti-Bredt Bridgehead Alkenes upon Computational GeometryOptimization of Bicyclic β-Halo Carbanions

Gary W. Breton & Jazmine V. Ridlehoover · Organics · 2024

Bridgehead alkenes are polycyclic molecules bearing at least one C=C bond that includes a bridgehead carbon atom. For small bicyclic systems, these bonds are highly strained due to geometric constraints placed on the sp2 hybridized carbon atoms. These small, strained molecules ha...

Open access Research Article 10.3390/org5030010

Exploring the Limits of Reactivity of N-Methyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (MeTAD) with Disubstituted Bicycloalkadienes in the Homo-Diels–Alder Reaction

Gary W. Breton & Kenneth L. Martin · Organics · 2022

The [2+2+2] cycloaddition (homo-Diels–Alder reaction) of N-substituted 1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-diones (TADs) with bicycloalkadienes produces strained heterocyclic compounds. A reaction with the unsubstituted dienes occurs readily to produce only the expected homo-Diels–Alder adducts...

Open access Research Article 10.3390/org4010002

Computational Modeling of the Feasibility of Substituted [1.1.1]Propellane Formation from Anionic Bridgehead Bromide Precursors

Katherine E. Gates, Caitlin Herring, Andrew T. Lumpkin, Robert J. Maraski, Elizabeth G. Perry, Madelen G. Prado, Sarah L. Quigley, Jazmine V. Ridlehoover, Edith Salazar, Kynslei Sims, Kaitlin R. Stephenson, Emma A. Stewart, Mackenzie E. Sullivan, James R. Tucker & Gary W. Breton · Organics · 2023

[1.1.1]Propellane, a compound whose structure includes two saturated carbons in which all four bonds are directed into a single hemisphere, is of theoretical interest, but has also seen recent practical applications. Mono-, di-, and trisubstituted derivatives of this propellane (...

Open access Research Article 10.3390/org4020016