Palladium-catalyzed ring enlargement of aryl-substituted methylenecyclopropanes to cyclobutenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 7430-7431

  Shi, Min ^a   Liu, Le Ping ^b   Tang, Jie ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; CYCLOALKENE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33745042632     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja061749y     Document Type: Article

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