Homocoupling of aldimines mediated by zirconocene: Synthesis of vicinal diamines and imidazolidines

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1348-1350

  Soueidan, Mohamad ^a   Hélion, Florence ^a   Namy, Jean Louis ^a   Szymoniak, Jan ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Aldimine coupling; Imidazolidine; Lanthanides; Zirconocene

Indexed keywords

DIAMINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LANTHANIDE; ZIRCONOCENE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DIASTEREOISOMER; DIMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79951770426     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.01.075     Document Type: Article

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