Catalytic, high-speed Tishchenko reaction using (2,7-dimethyl-1,8-biphenylenedioxy)bis(diisopropoxyaluminum) as a powerful bidentate catalyst

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 43, 1999, Pages 7695-7698

  Ooi, Takashi ^a   Miura, Tomoya ^a   Takaya, Keisuke ^a   Maruoka, Keiji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Bidentate aluminum alkoxides; Carboxylic esters; Tishchenko reaction

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM; ESTER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033595879     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01555-5     Document Type: Article

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