A new entry of amination reagents for heteroaromatic C-H bonds: Copper-catalyzed direct amination of azoles with chloroamines at room temperature

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6900-6901

  Kawano, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirano, Koji ^a   Satoh, Tetsuya ^a   Miura, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOAZOLES; C-H BOND; CHLOROAMINES; COPPER CATALYSIS; DIRECT AMINATION; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CATALYSIS;

AMINES;

AMINE; CARBON; COPPER; HYDROGEN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

AMINATION; AZOLES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHLORAMINES; COPPER; HYDROGEN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952559474     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja101939r     Document Type: Article

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