Development of a highly α-regioselective metal-mediated allylation reaction in aqueous media: New mechanistic proposal for the origin of α-homoallylic alcohols

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2958-2963

  Tan, Kui Thong ^a   Chng, Shu Sin ^a   Cheng, Hin Soon ^b   Loh, Teck Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Inst of Chem/Engineering Sciences   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ALLYL RESINS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ALCOHOLS;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALLYL ALCOHOL; HALIDE; INDIUM; METAL; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TIN; ZINC;

ALLYLATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALDEHYDES; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; INDIUM; PROPANOLS; SOLUTIONS; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 0037433608     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja029276s     Document Type: Article

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