Halide trapping of the Nazarov intermediate in strained polycyclic systems: A new interrupted Nazarov reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 34, 2005, Pages 5629-5632

  White, Timothy D ^a   West, F G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbocation; Diastereoselective; Halide; Lewis acid; Nazarov cyclization

Indexed keywords

HALIDE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CYCLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 22544443923     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.06.101     Document Type: Article

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