New lipophilic 2-Amino-N,N′-dialkyl-4,5-dimethylimidazolium cations: Synthesis, structure, properties, and outstanding thermal stability in alkaline media

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 9477-9485

  Kunetskiy, Roman A ^a   Císařová, Ivana ^b   Šaman, David ^a   Lyapkalo, Ilya M ^a  

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

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aromatic stabilization; Imidazolium cations; Lipophilicity; Phase transfer catalysis; Steric protection

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC STABILIZATION; IMIDAZOLIUM CATIONS; LIPOPHILICITY; PHASE-TRANSFER CATALYSIS; STERIC PROTECTION;

AMINATION; AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; STABILIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

POSITIVE IONS;

EID: 70349290834     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200901203     Document Type: Article

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