Addition of n-butyllithium to an aldimine: Role of chelation, aggregation, and cooperative solvation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 10820-10821

  Qu, Bo ^a   Collum, David B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDIMINE; DIMER; ETHER; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; IMINE; MONOMER; N BUTYLLITHIUM; N,N,N',N' TETRAMETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHELATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLVATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 23744466509     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0519987     Document Type: Article

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