"Syn effect" in nucleophilic addition of amines to 1,3-dienyl sulfone and ethyl (E)-2,4-pentadienoate

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 740-753

  Yamazaki, Masao ^a   Guha, Samar Kumar ^a   Ukaji, Yutaka ^a   Inomata, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITY; DIETHYLAMINE; ESTER GROUPS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS;

AMINATION; AMINES; BUTADIENE; ESTERS; ISOMERS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 58149307921     PISSN: 00092673     EISSN: 13480634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.81.740     Document Type: Article

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