Practical synthesis of a highly functionalized thiazole ketone

Tetrahedron

Volumn 59, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 6363-6373

  Frey, Lisa F ^a   Marcantonio, Karen M ^a   Chen, Cheng Yi ^a   Wallace, Debra J ^a   Murry, Jerry A ^a   Tan, Lushi ^a   Chen, Weirong ^a   Dolling, Ulf H ^a   Grabowski, Edward J J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion; Demethylation; Difluoromethylation; Reaction; Thiazole ketone

Indexed keywords

ANION; KETONE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; THIAZOLE; THIAZOLE KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEMETHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0041703222     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(03)00878-0     Document Type: Article

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