TiIV-mediated reactions between primary amines and secondary carboxamides: Amidine formation versus transamidation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1776-1783

  Kissounko, Denis A ^a   Hoerter, Justin M ^a   Guzei, Ilia A ^a   Cui, Qiang ^a   Gellman, Samuel H ^a   Stahl, Shannon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATALYTIC REACTIONS; OXOTITANIUM PRODUCTS; TRANSAMIDATION;

AMINES;

AMIDE; AMIDINE; AMINE; LIGAND; METAL COMPLEX; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMIDATION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; KINETICS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846985315     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0650293     Document Type: Article

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