Engaging the pyridine-DMAD zwitterion in a novel strategy for the selective synthesis of highly substituted benzene and cyclopentenedione derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4625-4628

  Nair, Vijay ^a   Pillal, Abhilash N ^a   Beneesh, P B ^a   Suresh, Eringathodi ^b  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CYCLOBUTENE 1,2 DIONE; 3-CYCLOBUTENE-1,2-DIONE; ACETYLENE; ACETYLENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; ALKYNE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ACETYLENE; ALKYNES; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CATALYSIS; CYCLOBUTANES; CYCLOPENTANES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRIDINES;

EID: 27144543772     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol051723w     Document Type: Article

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