Highly efficient and simple catalytic system for the N-arylation of some hindered aza-heterocycles in water

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2217-2228

  Mukhopadhyay, Chhanda ^a   Tapaswi, Pradip Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Aqueous medium; basic copper carbonate; bis(3,5 dimethyl 1 H pyrazol 1 yl)methane; hindered aza heterocycles; N arylation

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; COPPER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; LIGAND; METHANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 84859698702     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2011.555219     Document Type: Article

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