Activation of Fmoc-protected N, O-acetals using trimethylsilyl halides: Mechanistic and synthetic studies

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2464-2467

  Boaz, Nicholas C ^a   Bair, Nathaniel C ^a   Le, Thanh T ^a   Peelen, Timothy J ^a  

^a LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 FLUORENYLMETHOXYCARBONYL; 9-FLUORENYLMETHOXYCARBONYL; ACETAL DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

ACETALS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; FLUORENES; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77952983891     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100494z     Document Type: Article

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