Organolithium-mediated conversion of β-alkoxy aziridines into allylic sulfonamides: Effect of the N-sulfonyl group and a formal synthesis of (±)-perhydrohistrionicotoxin

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7852-7855

  Coote, Susannah C ^a   Moore, Stephen P ^a   O'Brien, Peter ^a   Whitwood, Adrian C ^a   Gilday, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BUSES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AZIRIDINES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; FORMAL SYNTHESIS; ORGANOLITHIUM;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALLYL COMPOUND; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND; PERHYDROHISTRIONICOTOXIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ALLYLIC REARRANGEMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; AZIRIDINES; LITHIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 53049106666     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo801586h     Document Type: Article

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