Transformation of β-nitro alcohols to the corresponding nitro imines with lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LHMDS) via sequential retro nitro-aldol-nitro-Mannich reaction

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 868-874

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a   Kochi, Kazuhiro ^a   Ito, Hiroyuki ^a   Mukawa, Jun ^a   Kishikawa, Keiki ^a   Yamamoto, Makoto ^a   Kohmoto, Shigeo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

LHMDS; Nitro alcohol; Nitro imine; Nitro Mannich reaction; Retro nitro aldol reaction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BETA NITRO ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; IMINE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM HEXAMETHYLDISILAZIDE; NITRO IMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIASTEREOISOMER; MANNICH REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 61649093842     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802432188     Document Type: Article

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