Rhodium-Catalyzed Methylenation of Aldehydes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 320-328

  Lebel, Hélène ^a   Paquet, Valérie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; OLEFINS; OPTIMIZATION; RHODIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EPIMERIZATION; METHYLENATION;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; DIAZOMETHANE; METHYLENETRIPHENYLPHOSPHORANE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORANE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS YLIDE; RHODIUM; SOLVENT; TRIMETHYLSILYLDIAZOMETHANE; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; EPIMERIZATION; METHYLATION; METHYLENATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0345868445     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja038112o     Document Type: Article

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