Catalyst-free preparation of 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles from a novel unexpected domino reaction of 2-azido acrylates and nitrones

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6362-6365

  Hu, Bao ^a   Wang, Zhao ^a   Ai, Ning ^a   Zheng, Jie ^a,b   Liu, Xing Hai ^a   Shan, Shang ^a   Wang, Zhongwen ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84055224070     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol202650z     Document Type: Article

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