A novel synthesis of substituted 1-benzyloctahydroisoquinolines by acid-catalyzed cyclization of N-[2-(cyclohex-1-enyl)ethyl]-N-styrylformamides

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2101-2108

  Meuzelaar, Gerrit J ^a   Neeleman, Ernst ^a   Maat, Leendert ^a   Sheldon, Roger A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Br nsted acids; Cyclizations; Enamides; Lewis acids; Nitrogen heterocycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003053828     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199810)1998:10<2101::AID-EJOC2101>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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