Unexpected and expeditious entry into trifluoromethyl aziridines from substituted β-dicarbonyl compounds

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 9648-9650

  Colantoni, Daniele ^a   Fioravanti, Stefania ^a   Pellacani, Lucio ^a   Tardella, Paolo A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIME; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ONE-POT AZIRIDINATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRIFLUOROMETHYL AZIRIDINES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

2,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHYL BETA DICARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TRIFLUOROMETHYLAZIRIDINE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BASE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; NOSYLOXYCARBAMATE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONE POT AZIRIDINATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 27744502047     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0515327     Document Type: Article

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