A Ruthenium-Grafted Hydrotalcite as a Multifunctional Catalyst for Direct α-Alkylation of Nitriles with Primary Alcohols

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5662-5663

  Motokura, Ken ^a   Nishimura, Daisuke ^a   Mori, Kohsuke ^a   Mizugaki, Tomoo ^a   Ebitani, Kohki ^a   Kaneda, Kiyotomi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA ETHYLATED PHENYLACETONITRILE; BENZYL CYANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROTALCITE; MONOMER; NANOPARTICLE; NITRILE; OXYGEN; RUTHENIUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ALDOL REACTION; ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HYDROGENATION; MICHAEL ADDITION; OXIDATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 2442531710     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja049181l     Document Type: Article

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