An efficient method to convert lactams and amides into 2,2-dialkylated amines

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1417-1420

  Agosti, Alessandro ^a   Britto, Sebastian ^a,b   Renaud, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; LACTAM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LACTAMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 45849147386     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800145h     Document Type: Article

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