Copper-catalyzed 1,2-double amination of 1-halo-1-alkynes. Concise synthesis of protected tetrahydropyrazines and related heterocyclic compounds

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1820-1821

  Fukudome, Yasuhiro ^a   Naito, Hiroyuki ^a   Hata, Takeshi ^a   Urabe, Hirokazu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; HALIDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROPYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ISOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; AMINATION; CATALYSIS; COPPER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRAZINES;

EID: 39049136011     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja078163b     Document Type: Article

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