Double duty for cyanogen bromide in a cascade synthesis of cyanoepoxides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2808-2810

  Li, Zhou ^a   Gevorgyan, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cascade reactions; cyanoepoxides; cyanogen bromide; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONDITIONS; CASCADE REACTIONS; CYANOEPOXIDES; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; GOOD YIELD; ONE POT; REACTION MODES; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

KETONES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952490977     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201006966     Document Type: Article

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