Synthesis of N-aryl and N-alkyl anthranilic acids via SNAr reaction of unprotected 2-fluoro- and 2-methoxybenzoic acids by lithioamides

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2406-2409

  Belaud Rotureau, Mickaël ^a   Le, Tin Thanh ^a,b   Phan, Thi Huong Thu ^a,b   Nguyen, Thi Huu ^a   Aissaoui, Regadia ^a,c   Gohier, Frédéric ^a   Derdour, Aicha ^c   Nourry, Arnaud ^a   Castanet, Anne Sophie ^a   Nguyen, Kim Phi Phung ^b   Mortier, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Chimie Organique   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; BENZOIC ACIDS; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77952403302     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1007586     Document Type: Article

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