Use of acid fluorides increases the scope of the reductive acylation of esters

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1877-1879

  Zhang, Yongda ^a   Rovis, Tomislav ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; ETHER; FLUORIDE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MOLECULE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ACIDS; ACYLATION; ESTERS; FLUORIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 2942566675     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol049333h     Document Type: Article

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