Cascade formation of isoxazoles: Facile base-mediated rearrangement of substituted oxetanes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5379-5382

  Burkhard, Johannes A ^a   Tchitchanov, Boris H ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aldehydes; heterocycles; nitro compounds; oxetanes; rearrangements

Indexed keywords

HETEROCYCLES; ISOXAZOLES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ONE-POT PROCEDURES; OXETANES; REARRANGEMENTS;

ALDEHYDES;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

ALDEHYDE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXETANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; ETHERS, CYCLIC; ISOXAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79957479241     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201100260     Document Type: Article

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