N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Synthesis of δ-Sultones via α,β-Unsaturated Sulfonyl Azolium Intermediates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 11780-11784

  Ungureanu, Andrei ^a   Levens, Alison ^a   Candish, Lisa ^a   Lupton, David W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

N heterocyclic carbenes; nucleophilic catalysis; organocatalysis; sulfonyl azolium intermediates; sulfonyl fluorides

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; NUCLEOPHILIC CATALYSIS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; SULFONYL AZOLIUM INTERMEDIATES; SULFONYL FLUORIDES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84942363567     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201504633     Document Type: Article

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