A general synthetic method for the formation of substituted 5-aminotetrazoles from thioureas: A strategy for diversity amplification

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3237-3240

  Batey, Robert A ^a   Powell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; TETRAZOLES; THIOUREA;

EID: 0034609665     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006465b     Document Type: Article

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