Regioselective hydroxysulfenylation of α,β-unsaturated imines: Enhanced stability of an intermediate radical

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 5600-5604

  Ueda, Masafumi ^a   Miyabe, Hideto ^b   Shimizu, Hidenori ^a   Sugino, Hisako ^a   Miyata, Okiko ^a   Naito, Takeaki ^a  

^a KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydroxysulfenylation; Oxime ethers; Oxygen; Radicals; Thiols

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

HYDROXYSULFENYLATION; OXIME ETHERS; OXYGEN; RADICALS; THIOLS;

CHEMICAL STABILITY;

FREE RADICAL; IMINE; SULFAMERAZINE; SULFAPERINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY;

FREE RADICALS; IMINES; SULFAMERAZINE;

EID: 49649111658     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801041     Document Type: Article

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