A facile and efficient synthesis of 3-aryloxazolidin-2-ones from isocyanates and epoxides promoted by MgI2 etherate

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3654-3659

  Zhang, Xingxian ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Zhao, Chengfeng ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Wu, Xiang ^a   Chen, Wei Z ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Epoxide; isocyanate; MgI2 etherate; oxazolidinone

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 78149430863     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903470525     Document Type: Article

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