Lewis acid catalyzed intermolecular olefin hydroamination: Scope, limitation, and mechanism

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1929-1936

  Cheng, Xiaojuan ^a   Xia, Yuanzhi ^a,b   Wei, Hua ^a   Xu, Bin ^b   Zhang, Chongguang ^a   Li, Yahong ^a,b,c   Qian, Guimin ^b   Zhang, Xiaohua ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Li, Wu ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amines; Catalysis; Hydroamination; Lewis acids; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749107160     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200701080     Document Type: Article

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