Friedel-Crafts alkylation of benzene with α,β-unsaturated amides

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3547-3549

  Koltunov, Konstantin Yu ^a   Walspurger, Stéphane ^a   Sommer, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Aluminum chloride; Amide; Friedel Crafts; Superelectrophile

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; AMIDE; BENZENE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1842737315     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.03.067     Document Type: Article

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