On the reactivity of imidazole carbamates and ureas and their use as esterification and amidation reagents

Tetrahedron

Volumn 67, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 8851-8859

  Heller, Stephen T ^a   Sarpong, Richmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidation; Esterification; Imidazole carbamates

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; IMIDAZOLE; NUCLEOPHILE; UREA;

AMIDATION; ARTICLE; ESTERIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 80053948099     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.057     Document Type: Article

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