Direct Copper(I) Iodide Dimethyl Sulfide Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Alkenyl Groups from Vinylzirconocene Reagents

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-110

  El Batta, Amer ^a   Hage, Taleb R ^a   Plotkin, Steve ^a   Bergdahl, Mikael ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL GROUP; COPPER DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; REAGENT; VINYL DERIVATIVE; ZIRCONOCENE;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONJUGATE;

EID: 0742321834     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol036141y     Document Type: Article

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