Phosphazene: Preparation, Reaction and Catalytic Role

Superbases for Organic Synthesis: Guanidines, Amidines, Phosphazenes and Related Organocatalysts

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 145-185

  Kondo, Yoshinori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalytic activation of silylated nucleophiles; Deprotonative transformation using stoichiometric phosphazenes; Phosphazene preparation, reaction and catalytic role; Proazaphosphatrane base (Verkade's base); Proazaphosphatrane properties; Synthesis using proazaphosphatrane; Transformation using phosphazene catalyst; Use of P5 base

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960388177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470740859.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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