Nucleophilicities and Lewis basicities of isothiourea derivatives

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5104-5112

  Maji, Biplab ^a   Joannesse, Caroline ^b   Nigst, Tobias A ^a   Smith, Andrew D ^b   Mayr, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZHYDRYLIUM IONS; ISOTHIOUREA; LEWIS BASICITY; NUCLEOPHILICITIES; ORGANOCATALYSTS;

EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; RATE CONSTANTS;

THIOUREAS;

LEWIS BASE; NUCLEOPHILE; PSEUDOTHIOUREA DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79958840735     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo200803x     Document Type: Article

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