Protection of poorly nucleophilic pyrroles

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 5057-5060

  Handy, Scott T ^a   Sabatini, Jesse J ^a   Zhang, Yanan ^a   Vulfova, Inessa ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbamate; Halogenation; Protecting groups; Pyrrole

Indexed keywords

PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON; PROTECTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 2942615241     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.04.178     Document Type: Article

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