A short desymmetrization protocol for the coordination environment in bis-salphen scaffolds

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5404-5412

  Escudero Adán, Eduardo C ^a   Belmonte, Marta Martínez ^a   Martin, Eddy ^a   Salassa, Giovanni ^a   Benet Buchholz, Jordi ^a   Kleij, Arjan W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION ENVIRONMENT; DESYM-METRIZATION; DIIMINES; IMINE BONDS; LEWIS ACIDIC; SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS; TEMPLATE EFFECTS;

HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SALTS; SCAFFOLDS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

AMINE; BIS PHENOLATE SALT; HYDROGEN; HYDROXIDE; IMINE; LEWIS ACID; METAL; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SALICYLIC ACID PHENYL ESTER; SALPHEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DECOMPOSITION; DESYMMETRIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 79959672608     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo2008065     Document Type: Article

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