Acid-catalysed formation of tricyclic N,S-acetals in imidazolinone series based on the use of the unprecedented N-acyliminium ion cascade reaction involving transposition, heterocyclisation and π-cyclisation

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 3937-3947

  Pesquet, Anthony ^a   Daïch, Adam ^a   Decroix, Bernard ^a   Van Hijfte, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^b Pharmaceutical Research and Development   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID-CATALYSED DOMINO REACTION; HETEROCYCLISATION; METHYL TRANSPOSITION; TRICYCLIC N,S-ACETALS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; IONS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

ACETALS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; IMIDAZOLINES;

EID: 27844550718     PISSN: 14770520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b508214e     Document Type: Article

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