Thiyl radical mediated racemization of nonactivated aliphatic amines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 7288-7292

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

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Institut de Chimie Biologique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BORON COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

METHYL THIOGLYCOLATE; NONACTIVATED ALIPHATIC AMINES; REVERSIBLE H-ABSTRACTION; THIYL RADICAL MEDIATED RACEMIZATION;

AMINES;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; NITROGEN; RADICAL; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATION; ENTHALPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; RACEMIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33749010880     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo061033l     Document Type: Article

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