Selective ortho methylation of nitroheteroaryls by vicarious nucleophilic substitution

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6793-6799

  Achmatowicz, Michał ^a   Thiel, Oliver R ^a   Gorins, Gilles ^a,b   Goldstein, Corinne ^a,b   Affouard, Caroline ^a,b   Jensen, Randy ^a   Larsen, Robert D ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b NORCHIM SAS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

ISOXAZOLE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ONE-POT; VICARIOUS NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

5 NITROISOQUINOLINE; 6 METHYL 5 NITROISOQUINOLINE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; ISOXAZOLE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLOPROPANATION; METHYLATION;

EID: 51549119914     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo801131z     Document Type: Article

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