Role of the gem-difluoro moiety in the tandem ring-closing metathesis-olefin isomerization: Regioselective preparation of unsaturated lactams

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2706-2714

  Fustero, Santos ^a,b   Sánchez Roselló, María ^a   Jiménez, Diego ^a   Sanz Cervera, Juan F ^a,b   Del Pozo, Carlos ^a   Aceña, José Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; SOLVENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GEM-DIFLUORO MOIETY; ISOMERIC FLUORINATED AND NONFLUORINATED LACTAM; METATHESIS CATALYSTS; RING-CLOSING METATHESIS (RCM) REACTIONS;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE; FLUORINE; LACTAM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIHYDROXYLATION; EPOXIDATION; FLUORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33645544948     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0525635     Document Type: Article

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