Zirconium triflate catalyzed direct coupling reaction of lactams with heterocyclic arenes under atmospheric oxygen

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 4231-4233

  Tsuchimoto, Teruhisa ^a   Ozawa, Yoshitaka ^a   Negoro, Ryoju ^a   Shirakawa, Eiji ^a,b   Kawakami, Yusuke ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C C coupling; Heteroarenes; Lactams; Lewis acids; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DEHYDROGENATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS;

ARENES; DEHYDROGENATIVE COUPLING REACTIONS; LACTAMS;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; LACTAM; LEWIS ACID; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 4544376553     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200460429     Document Type: Article

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