A one-flask synthesis of dihydronaphthalenemethanols by directed addition of organolithium reagents to BHA naphthalenecarboxylates

Tetrahedron

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4955-4968

  Shindo, Mitsuru ^a   Koga, Kenji ^b   Asano, Yasutomi ^c   Tomioka, Kiyoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Addition reactions; Esters; Ketene; Naphthalenes

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER; KETENE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; METHYL IODIDE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033574581     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00181-7     Document Type: Article

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