Stable oxypyridinium triflate (OPT) salts for the synthesis of halobenzyl ethers

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 656-665

  Albiniak, Philip A ^a   Amisial, Shawn M ^a   Dudley, Gregory B ^a   Hernandez, Joseph P ^a   House, Sarah E ^a   Matthews, Margaret E ^a   Nwoye, Ernest O ^a   Reilly, Maureen K ^a   Tlais, Sami F ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arylmethylation; o bromobenzyl; Oxypyridinium salt; p bromobenzyl; p chlorobenzyl; p iodobenzyl

Indexed keywords

2 BROMOBENZYL ETHER; 4 CHLOROBENZYL ETHER; 4 IODOBENZYL ETHER; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; OXYPYRIDINIUM TRIFLATE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BENZYLATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; HEAT; METHYLATION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 39049165589     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701818362     Document Type: Article

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