A novel B(C6F5)3-catalyzed reduction of alcohols and cleavage of aryl and alkyl ethers with hydrosilanes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 6179-6186

  Gevorgyan, Vladimir ^a   Rubin, Michael ^a   Benson, Sharonda ^a   Liu, Jian Xiu ^b   Yamamoto, Yoshinori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCOHOL; ALKYL ARYL ETHER; HYDROCARBON; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034703322     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo000726d     Document Type: Article

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