The
[2,3]- and [1,2]-sigmatropic rearrangements of ammonium ylides
are studied by a combination of experimental, standard computational,
and dynamic trajectory methods. The mixture of concerted [2,3] rearrangement
and bond cleavage observed experimentally is accounted for by the
outcome of trajectories passing through the formal [2,3] rearrangement
transition state. In this way the bond cleavage is promoted by the
pericyclic stabilization of the [2,3] transition state. It is proposed
that this dynamic effect is responsible for the pervasive co-occurrence
of the two rearrangements.
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