Ring expansion versus cyclization in 4-oxoazetidine-2-carbaldehydes catalyzed by molecular iodine: Experimental and theoretical study in concert

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1688-1700

  Alcaide, Benito ^a   Almendros, Pedro ^b   Cabrero, Gema ^a   Callejo, Ricardo ^a   Pilar Ruiz, M ^a   Arnó, Manuel ^c   Domingo, Luis R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Catalysis; Iodine; Lactams; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954770936     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000171     Document Type: Article

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