Reactions of a stable (phosphanyl)(silyl)carbene with aliphatic aldehydes: [2+1] versus [2+2] addition to a carbonyl group

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3147-3152

  Illa, Ona ^a   Gornitzka, Heinz ^b   Branchadell, Vicenç ^a   Baceiredo, Antoine ^b   Bertrand, Guy ^c   Ortuño, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UMR 5069) 118 route de Narbonne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Cycloadditions; Oxiranes; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

(PHOSPHANYL)(SILYL)CARBENE; ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; ALKYL GROUP; CARBENE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; PHOSPHORANE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYCLOADDITION; DIASTEREOISOMER; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANS ISOMER;

EID: 0042978711     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200300226     Document Type: Article

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