Chemodivergent transformations of alkynyl imines

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2325-2328

  Sromek, Anna W ^a   Rheingold, Arnold L ^b   Wink, Donald J ^a   Gevorgyan, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkynyl imines; Cycloaddition; Electrophilic cyclization; Heterocycles; Quinoline

Indexed keywords

IMINE; NITROGEN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYNYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; ISOMERIZATION; REACTOR CASCADE; SONOGASHIRA REACTION;

EID: 33748684597     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-949652     Document Type: Article

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