On the two-component microwave-mediated reaction of isonitriles with carboxylic acids: Regarding alleged formimidate carboxylate mixed anhydrides

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 13222-13224

  Li, Xuechen ^a   Yuan, Yu ^a   Berkowitz, William F ^a,d   Todaro, Louis J ^b   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FORMIMIDATE CARBOXYLATE; ISONITRILE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HEATING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TWO COMPONENT COUPLING;

AMIDES; ANHYDRIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FORMIC ACIDS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES;

EID: 53549108902     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8047078     Document Type: Article

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