Facile palladium-mediated conversion of ethanethiol esters to aldehydes and ketones

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-387

  Tokuyama, Hidetoshi ^a   Yokoshima, Satoshi ^a   Yamashita, Tohru ^a   Lin, Shao Cheng ^a   Li, Leping ^a   Fukuyama, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Ketone; Organozinc reagent; Palladium catalyst; Thiol ester; Trietyl silane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032332565     PISSN: 01035053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-50531998000400011     Document Type: Article

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