A silver(I)-catalyzed intramolecular Ficini's [2+2] cycloaddition employing ynamides This Letter is dedicated to Professor Harry H. Wasserman with the deepest respect and admiration to honor his lifelong contribution and stewardship to Tetrahedron Publications and the field of Organic Chemistry

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 3463-3467

  Wang, Xiao Na ^a,b   Ma, Zhi Xiong ^b   Deng, Jun ^b,c   Hsung, Richard P ^b  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AgNTf2< inf>; Electrocyclic ring opening; Intramolecular 2+2 cycloaddition; The Ficini reaction; Ynamides

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YNAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; INTRAMOLECULAR FICINI REACTION;

EID: 84929648632     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: 18733581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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