2-Aryl-N-tosylazetidines as formal 1,4-dipoles for [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions with nitriles: An easy access to the tetrahydropyrimidine derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 4829-4831

  Prasad, B A Bhanu ^a   Bisai, Alakesh ^a   Singh, Vinod K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLOADDITION; DIPOLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS;

AZETIDINES; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; PYRIMIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 12344319209     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol048161l     Document Type: Article

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