A direct functionalization of tertiary alkyl bromides with O-, N-, and C-nucleophiles

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 5761-5765

  Vachal, Petr ^a   Fletcher, Joan M ^a   Hagmann, William K ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Nucleophile; Quaternary; Silver oxide; Steric hindrance; Tertiary bromide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SILVER; TERTIARY ALKYL GROUP;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DERIVATIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34447528830     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.06.091     Document Type: Article

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