Deprotonation-electrophile trapping of terminal epoxides

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1893-1904

  Hodgson, David M ^a   Kirton, Eirene H M ^a   Miles, Steven M ^a   Norsikian, Stéphanie L M ^a   Reynolds, Nigel J ^a   Coote, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; COMPLEXATION; NEGATIVE IONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DEPROTONATION; ELECTROPHILES; EPOXIDES; LIGANDS;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

EPOXIDE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 19944414392     PISSN: 14770520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b502888d     Document Type: Article

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