Triselenium dicyanide (TSD) as a new cyanation reagent: Synthesis of cyano pterins and quinoxalines along with library of cyano N-heterocyclic compounds

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-415

  Goswami, Shyamaprosad ^a   Maity, Annada C ^a   Das, Nirmal K ^a   Sen, Debabrata ^a   Maity, Sibaprasad ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cyanation; Heterocyclic compounds; Microwave; Selenium dioxide; Triselenium dicyanide

Indexed keywords

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NAPHTHYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; TRISELENIUM DICYANIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYANATION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 61649100355     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802374141     Document Type: Article

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