The profound effect of fluorine substitution on the reactivity and regioselectivity of nucleophilic substitution reactions of strained heterocycles. A study of aziridine and its derivatives

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 8089-8097

  Banks, Harold D ^a  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCYCLES; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION; REGIOSELECTIVITY; STRAIN ENERGY;

AMMONIA; COMPUTATION THEORY; NITROGEN; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

FLUORINE;

AMMONIA; AZETIDINE; AZIRIDINE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENERGY; GAS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

FLUORINE;

EID: 33750021720     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo061255j     Document Type: Article

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