Benzannulation and cyclopentannulation reactions of electron-poor amino- stabilized alkenyl fischer carbene complexes

Tetrahedron

Volumn 56, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 4967-4975

  Barluenga, José ^a   López, Luis A ^a   Martínez, Silvia ^a   Tomás, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbenes and carbenoids; Cyclopentadienes; Dotz reactions; Phenols

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL GROUP; CARBENE; METAL COMPLEX;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 18844474204     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(00)00210-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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