Catalyst-free multicomponent Strecker reaction in acetonitrile

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 49, 2005, Pages 8471-8474

  Martínez, Ricardo ^a   Ramón, Diego J ^a   Yus, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Amines; Aminonitriles; Multicomponent reactions; Strecker reaction

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ALDEHYDE; ALIPHATIC AMINE; AMINONITRILE; AROMATIC AMINE; CYANIDE; LEWIS ACID; NITRILE; SOLVENT; TRIMETHYLSILYL CYANIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRECKER SYNTHESIS;

EID: 27644482318     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.10.020     Document Type: Article

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