Engaging zwitterions in carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bond-forming reactions: A promising synthetic strategy

Vijay Nair; Rajeev S Menon; A R Sreekanth; N Abhilash; A T Biju

doi:10.1021/ar0502026

Engaging zwitterions in carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bond-forming reactions: A promising synthetic strategy

Acc Chem Res. 2006 Aug;39(8):520-30. doi: 10.1021/ar0502026.

Authors

Vijay Nair¹, Rajeev S Menon, A R Sreekanth, N Abhilash, A T Biju

Affiliation

¹ Organic Chemistry Section, Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivadrum 695 019, India. vijaynair_2001@yahoo.com

PMID: 16906748
DOI: 10.1021/ar0502026

Abstract

An Account of carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bond-forming reactions mediated by zwitterions generated by the addition of organic nucleophiles to activated unsaturated systems highlighting their synthetic potential is presented.