Reductions of aliphatic and aromatic nitriles to primary amines with diisopropylaminoborane

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1964-1970

  Haddenham, Dustin ^a   Pasumansky, Lubov ^a   DeSoto, Jamie ^a   Eagon, Scott ^a   Singaram, Bakthan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC NITRILES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; AROMATIC NITRILES; AROMATIC RINGS; BENZONITRILES; BENZYL CYANIDES; BENZYLAMINES; CATALYTIC AMOUNTS; ELECTRON-DONATING GROUPS; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING GROUPS; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING SUBSTITUENTS; HIGHER YIELDS; LITHIUM BOROHYDRIDE; LITHIUM IONS; METHOXYBENZONITRILE; METHYL IODIDES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS; NITRILE GROUPS; PRIMARY AMINES; REDUCING SYSTEMS; REFLUXING; SELECTIVE REDUCTIONS; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TETRAPHENYLBORATE; TRIMETHYLSILYL CHLORIDES;

ACETYLENE; ALDEHYDES; AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; ION SOURCES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OLEFINS; SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION;

CYANIDES;

2 HEXYNITRILE; 4 METHOXYBENZONITRILE; 4 METHOXYBENZYLAMINE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; BENZYL CYANIDE DERIVATIVE; BORANE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANE; DIISOPROPYLAMINOBORANE; LITHIUM BOROHYDRIDE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM ION; METHYL IODIDE; NITRILE; PHENETHYLAMINE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; REDUCTION;

AMINES; BORANES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 64249093753     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo8023329     Document Type: Article

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