Facile dearomatization of nitrobenzene derivatives and other nitroarenes with N-benzyl azomethine ylide

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 472-476

  Lee, Sunyoung ^a,b   Chataigner, Isabelle ^a   Piettre, Serge R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b Pharmasynthese   (France)

Author keywords

azomethine ylides; cycloaddition; dearomatization; nitroarene; polycycles

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITIES; AZOMETHINE YLIDES; DEAROMATIZATION; DERIVATIZATIONS; HIGH YIELD; NITROARENES; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLES; POLYCYCLIC ADDUCTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACIDS;

NITROBENZENE;

AROMATIZATION;

EID: 78650903117     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005779     Document Type: Article

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