Synthesis of ethyl 3-phenyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate via regioselective dipolar cycloaddition

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 3994-3997

  Schmidt, Michael A ^a   Katipally, Kishta ^a   Ramirez, Antonio ^a   Soltani, Omid ^a   Hou, Xiaoping ^a   Zhang, Huiping ^a   Chen, Bang Chi ^a   Qian, Xinhua ^a   Deshpande, Rajendra P ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 Dipolar cycloaddition; Fluorine; Heterocycles; Regioselective

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYL 3 PHENYL 4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)ISOXAZOLE 5 CARBOXYATE; NITRILE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 84862674550     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: 18733581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.05.089     Document Type: Article

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