Decoupling deprotonation from metalation: Thia-fries rearrangement

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 5067-5070

  Dyke, Alan M ^a   Gill, Duncan M ^b   Harvey, Jeremy N ^a   Hester, Alison J ^a   Lloyd Jones, Guy C ^a   Muñoz, M Paz ^a   Shepperson, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basicity; Metalation; Migration; Rearrangements; Superbases

Indexed keywords

BASICITY; METALATION; MIGRATION; REARRANGEMENTS; SUPERBASES;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DIISOPROPYLAMINE; PROPYLAMINE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROPYLAMINES; PROTONS;

EID: 49849097111     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800750     Document Type: Article

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