Benzylic oxidation catalyzed by dirhodium(II,III) caprolactamate

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 5167-5170

  Catino, Arthur J ^a   Nichols, Jason M ^a   Choi, Hojae ^a   Gottipamula, Sidhartha ^a   Doyle, Michael P ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PALMARUMYCIN CP2; RHODIUM; SPIRO COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODIUM; SPIRO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 28244482843     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0520020     Document Type: Article

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