Syntheses and15N NMR Spectra of Iminodiaziridines - Ring-Expansions of 1-Aryl-3-iminodiaziridines to 1H- and 3aH-Benzimidazoles, 2H-Indazoles, and 5H-Dibenzo[d,f] [1,3]diazepines

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3940-3952

  Quast, Helmut ^a,c   Ross, Karl Heinz ^a   Philipp, Gottfried ^a   Hagedorn, Manfred ^b   Hahn, Harald ^b   Banert, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diaziridines; Elimination; Guanidines; Nitrogen heterocycles; Sigmatropic rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049117353     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200900350     Document Type: Article

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