Oxidative dehydrogenation of dihydropyrimidinones and dihydropyrimidines

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4673-4676

  Yamamoto, Kana ^a   Chen, Ye Grace ^a   Buono, Frédéric G ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER; CUPRIC CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CARBONATE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

CARBONATES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POTASSIUM; PYRIMIDINES; PYRIMIDINONES; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE;

EID: 27144451484     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol051879w     Document Type: Article

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