Rhodium(I)-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to (benzyl-/ arylsulfonyl)acetonitriles: Efficient synthesis of (Z)-β- sulfonylvinylamines and β-Keto sulfones

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-211

  Tsui, Gavin Chit ^a   Glenadel, Quentin ^a   Lau, Chan ^a   Lautens, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM; SULFONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACETONITRILES; BORONIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFONES;

EID: 78651497945     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol102598p     Document Type: Article

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