Rhodium-catalyzed direct aldol condensation of ketones: A facile synthesis of fused aromatic compounds

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1705-1708

  Terai, Hiroki ^a   Takaya, Hikaru ^a   Naota, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldol condensation; Rhodium catalyst

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; CATION; KETONE DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM COMPLEX;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BINDING; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 32244437152     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.01.041     Document Type: Article

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