Concerning the mechanism of the FeCl3-catalyzed α-oxyamination of aldehydes: Evidence for a non-SOMO activation pathway

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 10012-10014

  Van Humbeck, Jeffrey F ^a   Simonovich, Scott P ^a   Knowles, Robert R ^a   MacMillan, David W C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PATHWAY; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; CARBON-OXYGEN BONDS; ENAMINES; SIMPLE METALS;

OXYGEN; PROPANE;

ALDEHYDES;

2,2,6,6 TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINE 1 OXYL; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CYCLOPROPANE; ELECTROPHILE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; OXYGEN; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE; AMINE OXIDE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ENAMINE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TEMPO;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; AMINATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; KINETICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM;

ALDEHYDES; AMINATION; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CHLORIDES; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; CYCLOPROPANES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IMIDAZOLES; ISOMERISM; OXYGEN; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77955779542     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja1043006     Document Type: Article

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