Practical synthesis of β-acyl and β-alkoxycarbonyl heterocyclic sulfones

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2269-2272

  Pospíšil, Jiří ^a   Sato, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS; STARTING MATERIALS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BENZOTHIAZOLE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NUCLEOPHILE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79953199029     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo102326p     Document Type: Article

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