Electrophilic fluorination: the aminopyridine dilemma

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-81

  Fields, Stephen C ^b   Lo, William C ^a   Brewster, William K ^a   Lowe, Christian T ^a  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b Lexington Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminopyridine; Electrophilic fluorination; F TEDA

Indexed keywords

AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ELECTROPHILE; HOT WATER; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ESTERIFICATION; FLUORINATION; PURIFICATION; SAPONIFICATION;

EID: 70649103936     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.10.089     Document Type: Article

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