Ruthenium-catalyzed propargylation of aromatic compounds with propargylic alcohols

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 40, 2002, Pages 11846-11847

  Nishibayashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Yoshikawa, Masato ^a   Inada, Youichi ^a   Hidai, Masanobu ^b   Uemura, Sakae ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; N,N DIMETHYLANILINE; PROPARGYL ALCOHOL; RUTHENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037048689     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja027023t     Document Type: Article

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