Prototype Pictet-Spengler reactions catalyzed by superacids. Involvement of dicationic superelectrophiles

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 611-617

  Yokoyama, Akihiro ^a   Ohwada, Tomohiko ^a,b   Shudo, Koichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION;

EID: 0033593374     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo982019e     Document Type: Article

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