Anionic halocuprate(II) complexes as catalysts for the oxaziridine-mediated aminohydroxylation of olefins

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 5545-5552

  Benkovics, Tamas ^a   Du, Juana ^a   Guzei, Ilia A ^a   Yoon, Tehshik P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CATALYST; AMINOHYDROXYLATION; ANIONIC ADDITIVES; CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE SPECIES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; HALIDE ADDITIVES; MODIFIED MECHANISM; OXAZIRIDINES; OXIDATIVE TRANSFORMATIONS; OXIDIZING ABILITY; RADICAL TRAPPING; TERMINAL OXIDANTS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; HYDROXYLATION; OLEFINS; STYRENE;

DYES;

3,3 DIALKYL OXAZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CUPRIC ION; HALIDE; HALOCUPRATE ION; OXAZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOHYDROXYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; ANIONS; AZIRIDINES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; ETHERS, CYCLIC; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 68049086802     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo900902k     Document Type: Article

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