Cross-cyclotrimerization with two nitriles as a synthetic pathway to unsymmetrically 3,3'-disubstituted bis(tetrahydroisoquinolines)

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2918-2926

  Kadlcíková, Aneta ^a   Kotora, Martin ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Cyclotrimerization; Microwave heating; Pyridines

Indexed keywords

COBALT; NITRILE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

COBALT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; PYRIDINES; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES;

EID: 69549107455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14082918     Document Type: Article

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