Facile preparation of alkoxybenzoxazoles via direct SNAr on the benzoxazole ring

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 554-556

  Germain, Hervé ^a   Harris, Craig S ^a   Vautier, Michel ^a   Warin, Nicolas ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct SNAr; Un activated fluorides

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHENOL DERIVATIVE; BENZOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BORON DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOPHILE; OXIDE; PIPERIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING;

EID: 71949084546     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.11.095     Document Type: Article

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