Thio FCMA intermediates as strong acyl donors: A general solution to the formation of complex amide bonds

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 12924-12926

  Rao, Yu ^a   Li, Xuechen ^a   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL DONORS; AMIDE BOND; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; GENERAL SOLUTIONS; ISONITRILES; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; THIOACIDS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AMIDES;

AMIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMIMIDATE CARBOXYLATE MIXED ANHYDRIDE; ISONITRILE DERIVATIVE; N FORMYLAMIDE; N THIOFORMYLAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

AMIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70349130818     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja906005j     Document Type: Article

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