Regioselective and enantiospecific rhodium-catalyzed allylic amination with thymine: Synthesis of a new conformationally rigid nucleoside

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 8, 2006, Pages 844-846

  Evans, P Andrew ^a   Lai, Kwong Wah ^a   Zhang, Hai Ren ^a   Huffman, John C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; NUCLEOSIDE; RADICAL; RHODIUM; THYMINE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 32844468527     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b513083b     Document Type: Article

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