Radical Cyclizations in the Synthesis of 3-Methyl-cis-octahydroindol-5-ones

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 2017, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 2344-2352

  Jansana, Sergi ^a   Coussanes, Guilhem ^a   Diaba, Faïza ^a   Bonjoch, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Hydrogenation; Lactams; Nitrogen heterocycles; Radical reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018920935     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201700086     Document Type: Article

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43. 3): δ = 1.84 (tt, J = 6.8, 1.2 Hz, 2 H), 1.90 (tt, J = 7.2, 0.8 Hz, 2 H), 2.29 (t, J = 2.4 Hz, 1 H), 2.48 (m, 4 H), 4.00 (s, 4 H), 4.26 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 2 H) ppm.