Ene-like addition of an oxoammonium cation to alkenes: Highly selective route to allylic alkoxyamines

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5485-5487

  Pradhan, Priya P ^a   Bobbitt, James M ^a   Bailey, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; AMINE; CATION; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; AMINES; CATIONS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846016586     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062196z     Document Type: Article

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22. It should be noted that solutions of 1 in acetonitrile are not stable at elevated temperatures, and for this reason, no attempt was made to conduct reactions at temperatures above ambient.