Efficient one-pot synthesis of N-Containing heterocycles by multicomponent coupling of silicon-tethered diynes, nitriles, and isocyanides through intramolecular cyclization of iminoacyl-Zr intermediates

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 8419-8426

  Zhang, Shaoguang ^a   Zhang, Wen Xiong ^a   Xi, Zhenfeng ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Isocyanide ligands; Multicomponent reactions; Nitrogen heterocycles; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

AZAINDOLES; AZEPINES; HETEROCYCLES; INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATIONS; ISOCYANIDE LIGANDS; ISOCYANIDES; MULTI-COMPONENT COUPLING; MULTI-COMPONENT REACTIONS; MULTICOMPONENT SYNTHESIS; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; REACTION PROCESS; X RAY STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ZIRCONOCENES;

AVIATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANIDES; LIGANDS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CYCLIZATION;

EID: 77954839211     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000708     Document Type: Article

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