Zirconocene-catalyzed alkylation of aryl alkenes with alkyl tosylates, sulfates and bromides

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 50, 1998, Pages 9201-9204

  Terao, Jun ^a   Watanabe, Tsunenori ^a   Saito, Koyu ^a   Kambe, Nobuaki ^a   Sonoda, Noboru ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Alkylation; Grignard reagents; Zirconium and compounds

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BROMIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; REAGENT; STYRENE; SULFATE; TOLUENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032506645     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)02097-8     Document Type: Article

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