Preparation and reactivity of versatile α-amino ketones

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1737-1741

  Yu, Lily ^a   Kokai, Akos ^a   Yudin, Andrei K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AZIRIDINE; REACTIVE FUNCTIONALITIES; SELECTIVE REDUCTION;

KETONES;

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; KETONE DERIVATIVE;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; AZIRIDINES; CHELATING AGENTS; ESTERS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KETONES; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33847625404     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo062401o     Document Type: Article

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