Highly efficient, base-catalysed, intramolecular hydroamination of non-activated olefins

Tetrahedron

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1077-1087

  Quinet, Coralie ^a   Jourdain, Pierre ^a   Hermans, Christophe ^a   Ates, Ali ^a   Lucas, Isabelle ^a   Markó, István E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; LITHIUM ACETATE;

ADDITION REACTION; AMINATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 37449033063     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.11.066     Document Type: Article

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