Iminyl radicals from α-azido o-iodoanilides via 1,5-H transfer reactions of aryl radicals: New transformation of α-azido acids to decarboxylated nitriles

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4721-4724

  Bencivenni, Giorgio ^a   Lanza, Tommaso ^a   Leardini, Rino ^a   Minozzi, Matteo ^a   Nanni, Daniele ^a   Spagnolo, Piero ^a   Zanardi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ADDITION REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CYANIDES; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

ALKYL RADICALS; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); AZIDO ACIDS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DINITROGEN; HYDROGEN-TRANSFER REACTIONS; IMINYL RADICALS; RADICAL REACTIONS; TRANSFER REACTIONS; TRIBUTYLTIN HYDRIDE;

REACTION KINETICS;

ANILIDE; AZIDE; IMINE; NITRILE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 45249099757     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo800453z     Document Type: Article

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