Polarizing the nazarov cyclization: The impact of dienone substitution pattern on reactivity and selectivity

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1003-1011

  He, Wei ^a   Herrick, Ildiko R ^a   Atesin, Tulay A ^a   Caruana, Patrick A ^a   Kellenberger, Colleen A ^a   Frontier, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; POLARIZATION; POSITIVE IONS; SUBSTRATES;

LEWIS ACIDS; NAZAROV CYCLIZATION; OXYALLYL CATIONS; STEREOCONVERGENT CYCLIZATION;

ISOMERS;

AMIDE; CARBON; CYCLOPENTENONE; ESTER; LEWIS ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; SULFONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; ISOMERIZATION; NAZAROV CYCLIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 38349106508     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja077162g     Document Type: Article

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