Autocatalysis in lithium diisopropylamide-mediated ortholithiations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 18008-18017

  Singh, Kanwal J ^a   Hoepker, Alexander C ^a   Collum, David B ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL RATES; LITHIUM DIISOPROPYLAMIDE; MECHANISTIC MODELS; METALATION; NUMERIC INTEGRATION; ORTHO-LITHIATION; RATE BEHAVIOR; RATE LIMITING; TIME-DEPENDENT CHANGES;

DIMERS;

LITHIUM;

3 FLUOROPHENYL N,N DIISOPROPYL CARBAMATE; ARYLCARBAMATE; ARYLLITHIUM; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM DIISOPROPYLAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIISOPROPYLAMINE; LITHIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PROPYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORTHOLITHIATION; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

CARBAMATES; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROPYLAMINES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 58849153700     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja807331k     Document Type: Article

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