Combination of a Cyano Migration Strategy and Alkene Difunctionalization: The Elusive Selective Azidocyanation of Unactivated Olefins

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 55, Issue 36, 2016, Pages 10821-10824

  Wu, Zhen ^a   Ren, Rongguo ^a   Zhu, Chen ^a,b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

alkene difunctionalization; alkyl nitrile; azidocyanation; cyano migration; radical reaction

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; REACTION KINETICS;

ALKYL NITRILE; AZIDOCYANATION; CYANO MIGRATION; DIFUNCTIONALIZATION; RADICAL REACTIONS;

OLEFINS;

EID: 84983551223     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605130     Document Type: Article

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