C-H bonds as ubiquitous functionality: A general approach to complex arylated imidazoles via regioselective sequential arylation of all three C-H bonds and regioselective n -alkylation enabled by SEM-group transposition

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4911-4920

  Joo, Jung Min ^a   Touré, B Barry ^a   Sames, Dalibor ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYL BROMIDES; ARYL CHLORIDE; ARYLATIONS; C-H BOND; CHLOROARENES; DEPROTECTION; DRUG CANDIDATES; FUNCTIONALIZED; GENERAL APPROACH; HETEROCYCLES; HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; N-ALKYLATION; POSITIONAL SELECTIVITY; REGIO-SELECTIVE; SEM; TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS; TRIARYL IMIDAZOLE;

ALKYLATION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; REACTION KINETICS; REGIOSELECTIVITY; TRANSITION METALS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALKYL GROUP; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEPROTECTION REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ALKYLATION; IMIDAZOLES;

EID: 77955137089     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo100727j     Document Type: Article

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