Formal olefination and acylaziridination of imidazolones

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2718-2721

  Dai, Xing ^a   Miller, Michael W ^a   Stamford, Andrew W ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ALKYNE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLONE; INDOLE ALKALOID; KOTTAMIDE A; KOTTAMIDE B; KOTTAMIDE C; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITRONES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; UROCHORDATA;

ALKENES; ALKYNES; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; IMIDAZOLES; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 77953583242     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1007923     Document Type: Article

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