Pre-metalation structural insights into the use of alkali-metal-mediated zincation for directed ortho-metalation of a tertiary aromatic amide

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2370-2374

  Clegg, William ^b   Dale, Sophie H ^b   Hevia, Eva ^a   Honeyman, Gordon W ^a   Mulvey, Robert E ^a  

^a University of Strathclyde   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkali metals; Amides; Complex induced proximity effect; Metalation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; REACTION KINETICS; ZINC;

AMIDES; COMPLEX-INDUCED PROXIMITY EFFECT; DIRECTED ORTHO-METALATION (DOM); METALATION;

ALKALI METALS;

EID: 33745036379     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503202     Document Type: Article

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