An atom-economic synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles from alkynes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 740-743

  Trost, Barry M ^a   Lumb, Jean Philip ^a   Azzarelli, Joseph M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CASCADE REACTIONS; HETEROCYCLES; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES; REACTION CONDITIONS;

ACETYLENE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; NITROGEN; PYRROLES;

EID: 79851505291     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja110117g     Document Type: Article

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