Alkylation of oxazolones and related heterocycles through an SN1 reaction

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2053-2056

  Alba, Andrea Nekane R ^a   Calbet, Teresa ^a   Font Bardía, Mercé ^a   Moyano, Albert ^a   Rios, Ramon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Br nsted acids; Green chemistry; Lewis acids; Nucleophilic substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953250248     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201100046     Document Type: Article

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