A practical ruthenium-catalyzed cleavage of the allyl protecting group in amides, lactams, imides, and congeners

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2874-2879

  Alcaide, Benito ^a   Almendros, Pedro ^b   Alonso, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amides; Cleavage reactions; Lactams; Protecting groups; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; RUTHENIUM; SUBSTRATES;

AMIDES; CLEAVAGE REACTIONS; DEALLYLATION; GRUBBS CARBENE; IMIDES; LACTAMS; N-ALLYLIC AMIDE; OXAZOLIDINONE; PROTECTING GROUPS;

ISOMERIZATION;

ALLYL COMPOUND; AMIDE; HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; IMIDE; LACTAM; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; AMIDES; CATALYSIS; HYDANTOINS; IMIDES; LACTAMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXAZOLIDINONES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRAZOLES; RUTHENIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33645307693     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501227     Document Type: Article

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