Sustainable three-component synthesis of isothioureas from isocyanides, thiosulfonates, and amines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 12849-12854

  Mampuys, Pieter ^a   Zhu, Yanping ^a   Vlaar, Tjøstil ^b   Ruijter, Eelco ^b   Orru, Romano V A ^b   Maes, Bert U W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

copper catalysis; isocyanides; isothioureas; Lewis acids; molecular sieves

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; CYANIDES; IONIC LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR SIEVES;

CLASSICAL APPROACH; COPPER CATALYSIS; FORMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOCYANIDES; ISOTHIOUREAS; LEWIS ACID; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; THREE COMPONENT REACTIONS;

THIOUREAS;

AMINE; CYANIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; CYANIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFONIC ACIDS; THIOUREA;

EID: 84911432949     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201406717     Document Type: Article

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