Ambident heterocyclic reactivity: Intramolecular alkylations of 2,4-disubstituted benzimidazoles

Tetrahedron

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6937-6958

  Haque, M Rezaul ^a   Rasmussen, Malcolm ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THEORY;

EID: 0030929363     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00394-3     Document Type: Article

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