Sulfur monoxide transfer from peri -substituted trisulfide-2-oxides to dienes: Substituent effects, mechanistic studies and application in thiophene synthesis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5843-5852

  Grainger, Richard S ^a   Patel, Bhaven ^a   Kariuki, Benson M ^a   Male, Louise ^a   Spencer, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIC SULFOXIDE; DITHIOLS; FORMAL SYNTHESIS; IN-SITU TRAPPING; KINETIC STUDY; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; NAPHTHALENE RING; NATURALLY OCCURRING; O-METHOXY; RING STRAINS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUBSTITUENT EFFECT; THIONYL CHLORIDES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; OLEFINS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; SULFUR; THIOPHENE;

NAPHTHALENE;

ALKADIENE; CLOPIDOGREL; DISULFIDE; OXIDE; SULFOXIDE; SULFUR MONOXIDE; THIOPHENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DEHYDRATION; IRRADIATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PUMMERER REACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 79954525913     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja108865w     Document Type: Article

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