General base and general acid catalyzed intramolecular aminolysis of esters. Cyclization of esters of 2-aminomethylbenzoic acid to phthalimidine

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3579-3586

  Fife, Thomas H ^a   Chauffe, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYCLIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS;

BUFFERS; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; PHTHALIMIDES;

EID: 0034674693     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9906835     Document Type: Article

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