Ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric propargylic substitution reactions of propargylic alcohols with acetone

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 47, 2005, Pages 7715-7717

  Inada, Youichi ^b   Nishibayashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Uemura, Sakae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Nucleophilic substitution; Ruthenium; S ligands; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALKYLATION; COMPLEXATION; REACTION KINETICS; RUTHENIUM;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION; S LIGANDS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

ALCOHOLS;

EID: 28744444549     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502981     Document Type: Article

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