ZrCl 4-catalyzed synthesis of β-aminosulfides from aziridines and thiols

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2121-2130

  Movassagh, Barahman ^a   Rakhshani, Amir ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aminosulfides; aziridines; thiols; zirconium(IV) chloride

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; SOLVENT; SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION TIME; RING OPENING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84859177805     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2011.553698     Document Type: Article

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