Phosphine-promoted [3 + 3] annulations of aziridines with allenoates: Facile entry into highly functionalized tetrahydropyridines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 6318-6319

  Guo, Hongchao ^a   Xu, Qihai ^a   Kwon, Ohyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLENES; AZIRIDINES; CATALYZED REACTIONS; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; DESULFONYLATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION; REACTION PARTNERS; SIMPLE REACTION; TETRAHYDROPYRIDINES;

CYCLOADDITION;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

ALLENE DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; ALKADIENE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHOSPHINE; PROPADIENE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY;

ALKADIENES; AZIRIDINES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; PHOSPHINES; PYRIDINES;

EID: 69949162395     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8097349     Document Type: Article

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