Metalated nitriles: stereodivergent cation-controlled cyclizations

Tetrahedron

Volumn 64, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 7477-7488

  Fleming, Fraser F ^a   Wei, Yunjing ^a   Liu, Wang ^a   Zhang, Zhiyu ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXY 1 METHYL 6 METHYLENEDECAHYDRO 1H BENZO[7]ANNULENE 4A CARBONITRILE; 1 HYDROXY 1 METHYL 6 METHYLENEDECAHYDRONAPHTHALENE 4A CARBONITRILE; 1 HYDROXY 1 METHYLDECAHYDRO 1H BENZO[7]ANNULENE 4A CARBONITRILE; 2 (3 CHLOROPROPYL) 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 2 (4 CHLOROBUTYL) 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 2 (5 CHLOROPENTYL) 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 2 (BUT 3 ENYL) 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 2 [3 (CHLOROMETHYL)BUT 3 ENYL] 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 2 [4 (CHLOROMETHYL)PENT 4 ENYL] 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 3 HYDROXY 2 (3 HYDROXYPROPYL) 3 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 3 HYDROXY 2 (4 HYDROXYBUTYL) 3 METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 3 HYDROXY 2 (5 IODOPENTYL) 3 .METHYLCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYL 2 (3 METHYLBUT 3 ENYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYL 2 (4 METHYLPENT 4 ENYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYL 2 (4 OXOBUTYL) CYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYL 2 (PENT 4 ENYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE; 4 (6 CYANO 2 HYDROXY 2 METHYLCYCLOHEXYL) BUTANOIC ACID; 5 HYDROXY 5 METHYLBICYCLO[4.4.0] DECANECARBONITRILE; 7 HYDROXY 7 METHYLOCTAHYDRO 1H INDENE 3A CARBONITRILE; 8 METHYL 13 OXA TRICYCLO[6.3.2.0 1,7]TRIDECAN 12 ONE; 8A METHYL 4A,5,6,7,8,8A HEXAHYDRO 4H CHROMEN 5 CARBONITRILE; 9A METHYL 2 OXODECAHYDROBENZO[B] OXEPINE 6 CARBONITRILE; BICYCLO[5.4.0]UNDECANE DERIVATIVE; CATION; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; DECALIN DERIVATIVE; FUSED ALICYCLIC COMPOUND; GAMMA HYDROXY CYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE DERIVATIVE; INDAN DERIVATIVE; METHYL 4 (6 CYANO 2 HYDROXY 2 METHYLCYCLOHEXYL)BUTANOATE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CYCLIZATION; ELECTROPHILIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 45549122288     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.05.110     Document Type: Article

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