Preparation of Substituted Piperazinones via Tandem Reductive Amination-(N,N′-Acyl Transfer)-Cyclization

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1201-1204

  Beshore, Douglas C ^a   Dinsmore, Christopher J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINATION; CYCLIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PIPERAZINES;

EID: 0037018465     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol025644l     Document Type: Article

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