Alkynes as synthetic equivalents to stabilized wittig reagents: Intra- and intermolecular carbonyl olefinations catalyzed by Ag(I), BF3, and HBF4

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2493-2495

  Rhee, Jong Uk ^a   Krische, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; BORON DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OLEFINATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; WITTIG REACTION;

EID: 20544460925     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050838x     Document Type: Article

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