One-pot tandem double-aldol reaction/aza-addition of acetylacetamides and o-phthalaldehyde leading to spiroindan-2,2'-pyrrolidines

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-96

  Cheng, Xin ^a   Liang, Fushun ^a   Shi, Fan ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Liu, Qun ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; KETONE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; SPIRO COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACETAMIDES; ALDEHYDES; AZA COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; KETONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLIDINES; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 59649090274     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol802507y     Document Type: Article

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