4-substituted tert-butyl phenylazocarboxylates-synthetic equivalents for the para-phenyl radical cation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 9769-9772

  Höfling, Sarah B ^a   Bartuschat, Amelie L ^a   Heinrich, Markus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

arenes; aromatic substitution; nucleophilic substitution; radical reactions; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ARENES; AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; RADICAL REACTIONS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

POSITIVE IONS; REACTION KINETICS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 78650125266     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201004508     Document Type: Article

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