Syntheses of aporphine and homoaporphine alkaloids by intramolecular ortho-arylation of phenols with aryl halides via SRN1 reactions in liquid ammonia

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 8493-8499

  Barolo, Silvia M ^a   Teng, Xin ^b   Cuny, Gregory D ^b   Rossi, Roberto A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICOQUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DERIVATIVES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHENOLS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYCLIZED PRODUCTS; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING GROUPS; HOMOAPORPHINE DERIVATIVES; PRECURSORS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AMIDE; AMMONIA; APORPHINE DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; BROMOARENE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HALIDE; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRON; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRECURSOR; RADICAL NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; AMMONIA; APORPHINES; BROMOBENZENES; CYCLIZATION; DINITROBENZENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33750477011     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo061478+     Document Type: Article

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