Mechanistic studies on the copper-catalyzed N-arylation of amides

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-88

  Strieter, Eric R ^a,b   Bhayana, Brijesh ^a   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDATE; ARYL HALIDES; ARYL IODIDES; ARYLATION; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CATALYTIC SPECIES; CHELATING DIAMINES; CONCENTRATION OF; EFFICIENT METHOD; KINETIC STUDY; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; N-ARYLATION;

AMIDES; AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

AMIDE; AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); COPPER; DIAMINE; ETOMIDATE; HALIDE; IODIDE; LIGAND; 2 PYRROLIDINONE; 2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; 2-PYRROLIDONE; IODOBENZENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; IODOBENZENES; KINETICS; PYRROLIDINONES; XYLENES;

EID: 62649152953     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0781893     Document Type: Article

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