Thiyl radical mediated racemization of benzylic amines

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3242-3250

  Escoubet, Stéphanie ^a   Gastaldi, Stéphane ^a   Vanthuyne, Nicolas ^a   Gil, Gérard ^a   Siri, Didier ^a   Bertrand, Michèle P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Amines; Density functional calculations; Racemization; Radical reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746051288     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200600120     Document Type: Article

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