1,8-Bis(diphenylmethylium)naphthalenediyl dication as an organic oxidant: Synthesis of benzidines via self-coupling of N,N-Dialkylanilines

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4563-4565

  Saitoh, Terunobu ^a   Yoshida, Suguru ^a   Ichikawa, Junji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BENZIDINE DERIVATIVE; HEXAFLUORO 2 PROPANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDIZING AGENT; REAGENT; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DEOXYGENATION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION KINETICS; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SILYLATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 10044253267     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol048058w     Document Type: Article

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