Highly substituted Furo [ 3,4-c] azepines by gold(I)-catalyzed diastereoselective tandem double heterocyclizations and 1,2-alkyl migration

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 456-459

  Gao, Hongyin ^a   Zhao, Xiaoli ^a   Yu, Yihua ^a   Zhang, Junliang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Domino reactions; Gold; Heterobicycles; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ALKYNYLS; AZEPINES; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE; DOMINO REACTIONS; FLASH COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; HETEROCYCLIZATIONS; HETERODIENES; REACTION PATHWAYS; REDUCED PRESSURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREO-SELECTIVE; TANDEM REACTION; TLC ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; KETONES; METAL REFINING; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR SIEVES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; SIEVES; SILICA; SILICA GEL; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 75649136917     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200901813     Document Type: Article

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