Synthesis of bicyclic imidazoles via [2 + 3] cycloaddition between nitriles and regioselectively generated α-imino gold carbene intermediates

Organic Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 4662-4665

  Xiao, Yuanjing ^a   Zhang, Liming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; CARBENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GOLD CHLORIDE; GOLD DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; METHANE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 2-RING; IMIDAZOLES; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84866015013     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol302102h     Document Type: Article

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