Efficient synthesis of α-ketoamides via 2-acyl-5-aminooxazoles by reacting acyl chlorides and α-isocyanoacetamides

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 820-823

  Mossetti, Riccardo ^a   Pirall, Tracey ^a   Tron, Gian Cesare ^a   Zhu, Jieping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; KETONE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 76849113146     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol902894p     Document Type: Article

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