Mild decarboxylative activation of malonic acid derivatives by 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2322-2325

  Lafrance, Danny ^a   Bowles, Paul ^a   Leeman, Kyle ^a   Rafka, Robert ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTER; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETENE; KETONE; MALONIC ACID; MALONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N,N CARBONYLDIIMIDAZOLE; N,N-CARBONYLDIIMIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DECARBOXYLATION; SYNTHESIS;

DECARBOXYLATION; ESTERS; ETHYLENES; IMIDAZOLES; KETONES; MALONATES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 79955582435     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol200575c     Document Type: Article

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