Quantification of the electrophilic reactivities of aldehydes, imines, and enones

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 8240-8251

  Appel, Roland ^a   Mayr, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDIMINES; ALIPHATIC ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC ALDIMINES; AZIRIDINATION; C-C BOND FORMATION; CARBOCATIONS; CATIONIC METALS; CYCLIZATION REACTIONS; CYCLOPROPANATION REACTION; ELECTROPHILES; ELECTROPHILICITY; EPOXIDATION REACTIONS; LINEAR FREE-ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; MICHAEL ACCEPTORS; NUCLEOPHILICITIES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RATE LAWS; SECOND ORDERS; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; SULFUR YLIDES; UNSATURATED KETONES;

ADDITION REACTIONS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CYCLIZATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EPOXIDATION; FREE ENERGY; KETONES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; RATE CONSTANTS; SULFUR;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALDIMINE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA BETA UNSATURATED KETONE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIMETHYLSULFONIUM YLIDE; ELECTROPHILE; ENONE DERIVATIVE; IMINE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; N TOSYL ACTIVATED ALDIMINE; NUCLEOPHILE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; AZIRIDINATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPROPANATION; ELECTROPHILICITY; EPOXIDATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 79957757640     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja200820m     Document Type: Article

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