Cascade reactions of 1,2,4-triazines: Direct thermochemical access to functionalized 4,5-dihydroazocines

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 47, 2004, Pages 8607-8610

  Raw, Steven A ^a   Taylor, Richard J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,2,4 Triazine; Cascade; Dihydroazocine; Pericyclic; Thermochemical

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; AZOCINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOBUTANONE DERIVATIVE;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELIMINATION REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 7044239446     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.09.169     Document Type: Article

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