Isoprene-catalysed lithiation: deprotection and functionalisation of imidazole derivatives

Tetrahedron

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 947-952

  Torregrosa, Rosario ^a   Pastor, Isidro M ^a   Yus, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deprotection; Imidazole; Isoprene catalysed lithiation; Lithium

Indexed keywords

1 (DIETHOXYMETHYL)IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ISOPRENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEPROTECTION REACTION; LITHIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33845394841     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2006.11.032     Document Type: Article

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