The Newman-Kwart rearrangement of O-aryl thiocarbamates: Substantial reduction in reaction temperatures through palladium catalysis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 7612-7615

  Harvey, Jeremy N ^a   Jover, Jesús ^a   Lloyd Jones, Guy C ^a   Moseley, Jonathan D ^b   Murray, Paul ^b   Renny, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homogeneous catalysis; Palladium; Reaction mechanism; Rearrangement; Sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

ARYL THIOCARBAMATES; DFT STUDY; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; INTERMOLECULAR EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC LABELLING; OXIDATIVE ADDITIONS; PALLADIUM CATALYSIS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REARRANGEMENT; RESTING STATE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; THERMAL CONDITION; THIOCARBAMATES; UNCATALYZED REACTIONS;

CATALYSIS; PALLADIUM; REACTION KINETICS; STANDARDIZATION; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

COORDINATION REACTIONS;

PALLADIUM; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM; TEMPERATURE; THIOCARBAMATES;

EID: 70349992665     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200903908     Document Type: Article

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