A remarkably simple and efficient benzannulation reaction

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1869-1872

  Bull, James A ^a   Hutchings, Michael G ^a   Quayle, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Fused ring systems; Microwave irradiation; Radical reactions; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CYCLIZATION; FREE RADICALS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FUSED AROMATIC RINGS; FUSED RING SYSTEMS; RADICAL REACTIONS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 34250837977     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603416     Document Type: Article

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