A new mild method for the synthesis of amidines

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 39, 1999, Pages 7067-7070

  Lange, Udo E W ^a   Schäfer, Bernd ^a   Baucke, Dorit ^a   Buschmann, Ernst ^a   Mack, Helmut ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amidines; Amination; Homogeneous catalysts; Nitriles

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMIDINE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033600781     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01460-4     Document Type: Article

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