Aza-Nazarov reaction and the role of superelectrophiles

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3085-3088

  Klumpp, Douglas A ^a   Zhang, Yiliang ^a   O'Connor, Matthew J ^a   Esteves, Pierre M ^b   De Almeida, Leonardo S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

AZA COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 34547958427     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0711570     Document Type: Article

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