Concise synthesis of bicyclic aminals by way of catalytic intramolecular C-H amination and evaluation of their reactivity as iminium precursors

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-162

  Rodríguez Lucena, David ^a   Morin, Marie S T ^b,c   Compain, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aminal; Azacycloalkane; C H amination; Iminium; Nucleophilic addition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953311532     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017811795038340     Document Type: Article

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