One-pot four-component reaction: Aqueous TiCl3/PhN 2+-mediated alkyl radical addition to imines generated in situ

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-648

  Cannella, Rosalba ^a   Clerici, Angelo ^a   Pastori, Nadia ^a   Regolini, Eva ^a   Porta, Ombretta ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; IMINE; IODINE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHENYL GROUP; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITY; ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DECOMPOSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 14844354033     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol047595d     Document Type: Article

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