Selective benzylic and allylic alkylation of protic nucleophiles with sulfonamides through double Lewis acid catalyzed cleavage of sp3 carbon-nitrogen bonds

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 793-797

  Liu, Cong Rong ^a   Li, Man Bo ^a   Yang, Cui Feng ^a   Tian, Shi Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Allylic compounds; Benzylic compounds; Carbon nucleophiles; Oxygen heterocycles; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALKYLATION; AMIDES; AMINES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS; KETONES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SILANES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALLYLIC COMPOUNDS; AMINE DERIVATIVES; BENZYLIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON NUCLEOPHILES; CROSS COUPLINGS; DICARBONYL COMPOUNDS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HETERO ATOMS; LEWIS ACIDS; MALONONITRILE (MN); NITROGEN BONDS; OXYGEN HETEROCYCLES; PROTIC NUCLEOPHILES; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); THIOACETIC ACID;

NUCLEOPHILES;

EID: 58449134253     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801665     Document Type: Article

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