One-pot synthesis of α-alkylated nitriles with carbonyl compounds through consecutive aldol reaction/hydrogenation using a hydrotalcite-supported palladium nanoparticle as a multifunctional heterogeneous catalyst

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 5507-5510

  Motokura, Ken ^a   Fujita, Noriaki ^a   Mori, Kohsuke ^a   Mizugaki, Tomoo ^a   Ebitani, Kohki ^a   Kaneda, Kiyotomi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkylation of nitrile; Aldol reaction; Heterogeneous catalyst; Hydrogenation; Hydrotalcite; One pot synthesis; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; HYDROTALCITE; NANOPARTICLE; NITRILE; PALLADIUM;

ADSORPTION; ALDOL REACTION; ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CATION EXCHANGE; HYDROGENATION; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 22144481359     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.06.053     Document Type: Article

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