Intramolecular Ir(I)-catalyzed benzylic C-H bond amination of ortho-substituted aryl azides

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3598-3601

  Sun, Ke ^a   Sachwani, Rachna ^a   Richert, Kathleen J ^a   Driver, Tom G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLINE; IRIDIUM;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

AMINATION; AZIDES; CATALYSIS; INDOLES; IRIDIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 68949084911     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol901317j     Document Type: Article

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