Synthesis of fully-substituted alkenylimidazoles from N-(cyanoalkyl)amides via the In-mediated allylation of nitrile and dehydrative cyclization cascade

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 5922-5926

  Kim, Yu Mi ^a   Lee, Sangku ^b   Kim, Sung Hwan ^a   Kim, Ko Hoon ^a   Kim, Jae Nyoung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alkenylimidazoles; Allylation; Barbier reaction; Indium; Nitrile

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; ALLYL COMPOUND; AMIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INDIUM; NITRILE;

ALLYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77957766546     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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