Facile preparation of protected benzylic and heteroarylmethyl amines via room temperature Curtius rearrangement

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2888-2891

  Leathen, Matthew L ^a   Peterson, Emily A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINE; AZIDE; BENZILIC ACID; CHLOROFORM; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURTIUS REARRANGEMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77951024881     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.03.101     Document Type: Article

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