N-methylation of nitrogen-containing heterocycles with dimethyl carbonate

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 3021-3026

  Ouk, Samedy ^a   Thiébaud, Sophie ^a   Borredon, Elisabeth ^a   Chabaud, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b SNPE   (France)

Author keywords

Dimethyl carbonate; Imidazole; Methylation; Morpholine; NH containing heterocycles; Piperazine; Pyrazole; Pyrrole

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMIDAZOLE; MORPHOLINE; NITROGEN; PIPERAZINE; PYRAZOLE; PYRROLE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENT; METHYLATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 28444459899     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910500278578     Document Type: Article

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