A divergent mechanistic course of Pd(0)-catalyzed aza-claisen rearrangement and aza-rautenstrauch-type cyclization of N -allyl ynamides

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1840-1843

  Dekorver, Kyle A ^a   Hsung, Richard P ^a   Lohse, Andrew G ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMINE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION;

AZA COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; IMINES; PALLADIUM;

EID: 77951185847     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100446p     Document Type: Article

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