Reagent-controlled switching of 5-exo to 6-endo cyclizations in epoxide openings

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 810-812

  Morimoto, Yoshiki ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Ueba, Chigusa ^a   Tanaka, Takeshi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Oxygen heterocycles; Regioselectivity; Solvent effects

Indexed keywords

CYCLIZATION; OXYGEN HETEROCYCLES; REGIOSELECTIVITY; SOLVENT EFFECTS;

ALCOHOLS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EPOXY RESINS; METHANE; SUBSTRATES;

SWITCHING;

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; EPOXIDE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLIZATION; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FURANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PYRANS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 31444438062     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503143     Document Type: Article

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