Dehydrative fragmentation of 5-hydroxyalkyl-1 h -tetrazoles: A mild route to alkylidenecarbenes

Organic Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1548-1551

  Wardrop, Duncan J ^a   Komenda, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1H TETRAZOLE; 1H-TETRAZOLE; CARBENE; COMBRETASTATIN A 4; COMBRETASTATIN A-4; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHANE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STILBENES; TETRAZOLES;

EID: 84858664513     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol300276p     Document Type: Article

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