Strategies for the design of organic aziridination reagents and catalysts: Transition structures for alkene aziridinations by NH transfer

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 6497-6501

  Washington, Ilyas ^a   Houk, K N ^a   Armstrong, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; ELECTRONS; NITROGEN;

TRANSITION STRUCTURES;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; NITROGEN; OXIDIZING AGENT; REAGENT; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; EPOXIDATION;

AZIRIDINES; CATALYSIS; DRUG DESIGN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NITROGEN;

EID: 0043011226     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo034415p     Document Type: Article

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