A Pd(II)-catalyzed ring-expansion reaction of cyclic 2-azidoalcohol derivatives: Synthesis of azaheterocycles

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 12886-12887

  Chiba, Shunsuke ^a   Xu, Yan Jun ^a   Wang, Yi Feng ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZA-HETEROCYCLES; BOND FORMATION; C-C BONDS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; RING EXPANSION; RING-EXPANSION REACTION;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

2 AZIDOALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKYLIDENEAMINOPALLADIUM; AZAHETEROCYCLE; CARBON; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ISOQUINOLINE; METAL COMPLEX; NITROGEN; PALLADIUM; PYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RING EXPANSION REACTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 70349134361     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9049564     Document Type: Article

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