Synthesis of 2-arylbenzoxazoles by copper-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative C-O coupling of benzanilides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 6411-6413

  Ueda, Satoshi ^a   Nagasawa, Hideko ^a  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C H activation; C O bond formation; Copper; Homogeneous catalysis; Nitrogen heterocycles

Indexed keywords

CATALYST REGENERATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OXYGEN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

C-H ACTIVATION; C-O BOND FORMATION; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

ANILIDE; BENZAMIDE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BENZANILIDE; BENZOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; COPPER; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ANILIDES; BENZAMIDES; BENZOXAZOLES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COPPER; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN;

EID: 52049091901     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801240     Document Type: Article

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