Divergent and regioselective synthesis of 1,2,4- and 1,2,5-trisubstituted imidazoles

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6816-6823

  Delest, Bruno ^a,b   Nshimyumukiza, Prosper ^a,b   Fasbender, Olivier ^a   Tinant, Bernard ^a   Marchand Brynaert, Jacqueline ^a   Darro, Francis ^b   Robiette, Raphaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Unibioscreen SA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROCARBONS; IODINE; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

1H-IMIDAZOLE; N-ALKYLATION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IODINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ISOMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SUZUKI REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; HYDROCARBONS, IODINATED; IMIDAZOLES; ISOMERISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFONAMIDES; SULFONES;

EID: 51549118049     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo801256b     Document Type: Article

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