Asymmetric route to pyridines bearing a highly functionalized 2-alkyl substituent by aziridine ring-opening reactions

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3859-3862

  Savoia, Diego ^a   Alvaro, Giuseppe ^b   Di Fabio, Romano ^b   Gualandi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b GSK   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DERIVATIVES; HYDRATES; NUCLEOPHILES; PYRIDINE; REGIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

2-PYRIDINEIMINE; AZIRIDINE; CERIUM TRICHLORIDE HEPTAHYDRATE; RING-OPENING REACTIONS;

AMINES;

ALKYL GROUP; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; OXIDATION; RING OPENING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ALKYLATION; AZIRIDINES; ETHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34248572962     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo070364a     Document Type: Article

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