Curt Wentrup

TL;DR: The tetraoxaadamantanes are formed in high yields (65–95%) in most cases, but the addition of water to the concave inside of the bisdioxines becomes severely hindered in cyclic derivatives, so that the 38-membered ring compound 32 requires microwave heating at 170 °C to form tetra Roxabicyclo 33, and the catenated compound 36 and calix[6]arene derivative 37 did not form tetRAoxa

TL;DR: Pyrrolopyridines and naphthyridine are formed by flash vacuum thermolysis (FVT) of 3-and 4-pyridylmethylidene-tert-butylimines 8 and 15.

TL;DR: In this article, 2-Azabutadienes are formed in quantitative yield by flash vacuum pyrolysis of oxazol-5(2H)-ones, but partially decompose owing to chemical activation when generated from 2H-azirines.

TL;DR: Wentrup as discussed by the authors is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and has published over 300 research papers in the fields of both experimental and computational chemistry of reactive intermediates and unusual molecules using photochemistry, flash vacuum thermolysis, andmicrowave-induced chemical reactions.

TL;DR: The flash vacuum pyrolysis method of synthesis of acetylenes from aldehydes via isoxazolones is a convenient method for the preparation of a variety of derivatives, including kinetically unstable, sensitive compounds such as the ethynylphenols as mentioned in this paper.