Effect of solvent polarity on N-H insertion versus rearrangement of alkylidene carbenes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 6045-6047

  Taber, Douglass F ^a   Plepys, Raymond A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbene rearrangement; Diphenylacetylenes; Indoles; Intramolecular N H insertion; Solvent polarity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ALKYNE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CARBENOID; DIAZOMETHANE; ETHER; HYDROGEN; INDOLE; NITROGEN; SOLVENT; TRIMETHYLSILYLDIAZOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; LINEAR SYSTEM; LITHIATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 23244445079     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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