Tandem polar/radical crossover sequences for the formation of fused and bridged bicyclic nitrogen heterocycles involving radical ionic chain reactions, and alkene radical cation intermediates, performed under reducing conditions: Scope and limitations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 7942-7947

  Crich, David ^a   Ranganathan, Krishnakumar ^a   Neelamkavil, Santhosh ^a   Huang, Xianhai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIC CHAIN REACTIONS;

NITROGEN; POSITIVE IONS; REACTION KINETICS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKENE; ALLYL COMPOUND; AMINE; ANION; BENZENE; BETA NITROALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; RADICAL; TRIBUTYLTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RADICAL REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TANDEM POLAR RADICAL CROSSOVER SEQUENCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038540780     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja035639s     Document Type: Article

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