A Mechanistic Study of the Over Reaction

Abstract: The Over Reaction is the most fiendishly complicated transformation in modern synthetic chemistry. It features nine discrete catalysts, visible light and electrochemical oxidation, which cooperate to convert obstannyl sulphosphoxides, aryl moronic esters, cumulenes, homopropargylic ethers and cyanodiazetidines into elseviammonium dismylates in one step. The mechanism of this reaction has perplexed chemists since its discovery reaction in 2005. Now, for the first time, we propose a catalytic cycle for the Over Reaction.