An efficient synthesis of imidazolinium salts using vinyl sulfonium salts

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3060-3063

  McGarrigle, Eoghan M ^a   Fritz, Sven P ^a   Favereau, Ludovic ^a   Yar, Muhammad ^a,b   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INORGANIC SALT; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SALTS; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79958848103     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol2009472     Document Type: Article

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