Direct Nucleophilic Substitution of Free Allylic Alcohols in Water Catalyzed by FeCl3{dot operator}6H2O: Which is the Real Catalyst?

ChemCatChem

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1538-1542

  Trillo, Paz ^a   Baeza, Alejandro ^a   Nájera, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allylic compounds; Amination; Green chemistry; Iron; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC AMINATION; ALLYLIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON NUCLEOPHILES; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; SUBSTITUTION PRODUCTS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AMINATION; CATALYSIS; IRON; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NUCLEOPHILES;

EID: 84878506992     PISSN: 18673880     EISSN: 18673899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201200650     Document Type: Article

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