Efficient and mild benzoin condensation reaction catalyzed by simple 1-N-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium salts

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 5317-5320

  Xu, Li Wen ^a   Gao, Yang ^a,b   Yin, Jian Jun ^b   Li, Lyi ^a   Xia, Chun Gu ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzoin; Carbene; Imidazolium salt; Metal free; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HYDROXYL KETONE; BENZOIN; CARBENE; DICHLOROMETHANE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ION; KETONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; LIQUID; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 22044432581     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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