TMP-cadmiate: A base for efficient and chemoselective deprotonative metallation reactions of aromatic compounds

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2340-2361

  Mongin, Florence ^a,b   Uchiyama, Masanobu ^a,b  

^a Chimie et Photonique Moleculaires Rennes   (France)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic; Cadmium; Cross coupling; Deprotonative metallation; DFT calculations; Electrophile; Heterocycle; Lithium

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CADMIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; KETONES; LITHIUM;

AROMATIC; CHEMOSELECTIVE; CROSS-COUPLINGS; DEPROTONATIVE METALLATION; DFT CALCULATION; ELECTROPHILES; FUNCTIONALIZED; HETEROCYCLES; METALLATION; METALLATION REACTIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79960070448     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211796150651     Document Type: Article

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