Carbolithiation of S-alkenyl-N-aryl thiocarbamates: Carbanion arylation in a connective route to tertiary thiols

Organic Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2116-2119

  Castagnolo, Daniele ^a   Foley, Daniel J ^a   Berber, Hatice ^a,b   Luisi, Renzo ^a,c   Clayden, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKENES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIOCARBAMATES;

EID: 84877117264     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol400570r     Document Type: Article

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