Polycyclic N-heterocyclic compounds. Part 61: A novel Truce-Smiles type rearrangement reaction of 4-(2-cyanovinyloxy)butanenitriles to give cycloalkeno[1,2-d]furo[2,3-b]pyridines

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 903-906

  Okuda, Kensuke ^a   Watanabe, Norimasa ^b   Hirota, Takashi ^b   Sasaki, Kenji ^b  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanovinyl ether; Cycloalkeno 1,2 d furo 2,3 b pyridine; Estervinyl ether; Heterocycle; Michael addition; Truce Smiles rearrangement

Indexed keywords

4 (2 CYANOVINYLOXY)BUTANENITRILE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOALKENO[1,2 D]FURO[2,3 B]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; LACTAM; NITRILE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; MICHAEL ADDITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 73249146107     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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