Synthesis of substituted 2,2′-bipyridines and 2,2′:6′, 2″-terpyridines by cobalt-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions of nitriles and α,ω-diynes with exclusive regioselectivity

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-152

  Goswami, Avijit ^a   Ohtaki, Kazuhiko ^a   Kase, Kouki ^a   Ito, Taichi ^a   Okamoto, Sentaro ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,2 bipyridine; 2+2+2 cycloaddition; Cobalt catalyst; Terpyridine

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349131987     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700380     Document Type: Article

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