Rhodium(III)-catalyzed heterocycle synthesis using an internal oxidant: Improved reactivity and mechanistic studies

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6449-6457

  Guimond, Nicolas ^a   Gorelsky, Serge I ^a   Fagnou, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-H FUNCTIONALIZATION; CATALYST LOADINGS; CATALYTIC CYCLES; DFT CALCULATION; HETEROCYCLE SYNTHESIS; HETEROCYCLES; LIMITING STEP; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; METALATIONS; NEW SYSTEM; OXIDATIVE ADDITIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TERMINAL ALKYNE;

ACETYLENE; ETHYLENE; OXIDANTS; RHODIUM; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATALYSIS;

ALKYNE; CARBON; ETHYLENE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RHODIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERIZATION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TURNOVER TIME;

CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODIUM;

EID: 79955035089     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja201143v     Document Type: Article

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