The mechanism of the stereospecific intramolecular arylation of lithiated ureas: The role of Li + probed by electronic structure calculations, and by NMR and IR spectroscopy

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 4, 2012, Pages 731-743

  Grainger, Damian M ^a   Campbell Smith, Alison ^b   Vincent, Mark A ^a   Hillier, Ian H ^a   Wheatley, Andrew E H ^b   Clayden, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; IR spectroscopy; Lithiation; Lithium; Reaction mechanisms; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856204698     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101475     Document Type: Article

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