Tandem isobenzofuran formation-Diels Alder reactions in the coupling of carbene complexes with 2-alkynylbenzaldehyde derivatives featuring an alkyne-dienophile tether

Organometallics

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3099-3103

  Luo, Yumei ^a   Herndon, James W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE-DIENOPHILE TETHER; CARBENE COMPLEXES; PAUSON-KHAND REACTION; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFORMATIONS; ETHERS; ISOMERIZATION; KETONES; MIXTURES; OLEFINS; OXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 23144452448     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om0502279     Document Type: Article

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