Access to tri- and tetracyclic structures by thermally promoted and high-pressure-promoted [4+2] cycloadditions of 2-, 3- or 4-vinyl-substituted binuclear heterocycles

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5296-5305

  Le Strat, Frédéric ^a   Vallette, Hélène ^a   Toupet, Loïc ^b   Maddaluno, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UMR 6626   (France)

Author keywords

Cycloadditions; Diastereoselectivity; High pressure chemistry; Nitrogen heterocycles; Oxygen heterocycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 30044443467     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500416     Document Type: Article

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