Dimethylaluminum methyltellurate, a new reagent for the cleavage of hindered methyl esters under exceptionally mild conditions by a novel mechanism

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 4589-4593

  Reddy, B V Subba ^a   Reddy, Leleti Rajender ^a   Corey, E J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLALUMINUM METHYLTELLURATE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; REAGENT; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 20344384234     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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