Synthesis of substituted imidazolines via [3+2]-cycloaddition of aziridines with nitriles

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1137-1141

  Prasad, B A Bhanu ^a   Pandey, Ghanshyam ^a   Singh, Vinod K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Aziridine; BF3 Et2O; Imidazolines; Triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate; 3+2 Cycloaddition

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BORIC ACID; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; TRIETHYLOXONIUM FLUOROBORATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0742287100     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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