Trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide: An efficient reagent for the preparation of α-cyano-α-diazo carbonyls and an α-sulfonyl-α-diazo carbonyl

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 49, 2003, Pages 8845-8848

  Wurz, Ryan P ^a   Lin, Wei ^a   Charette, André B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyano diazo sulfone; Diazo transfer; Sulfonyl diazo carbonyl; Trifluoromethanesulfonyl azide

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE; REAGENT; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONYL AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0242721352     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.09.197     Document Type: Article

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