Metal nitrite: a powerful oxidizing reagent.
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SUBMITTER: Baidya M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3166854 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
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Metal nitrite: a powerful oxidizing reagent.
Baidya Mahiuddin M Yamamoto Hisashi H
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20110816 35
An efficient and simple source of nitroso reagents and their oxidation reactions are described. The combination of a Lewis acid and a metal nitrite was applied to the oxidation of silyl enol ethers. Amino acid and peptide derivatives were easily accessed through in situ C-C bond cleavage of fully substituted silyl enol ethers upon oxidation. ...[more]
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