Rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular chelation controlled alkene and alkyne hydroacylation: Synthetic scope of β-S-substituted aldehyde substrates

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 5291-5297

  Willis, Michael C ^a   Randell Sly, Helen E ^a   Woodward, Robert L ^a   McNally, Steven J ^a   Currie, Gordon S ^b  

^a University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOATES; HYDROACYLATION; LINEAR REGIOISOMER; THIOACETAL GROUPS;

CATALYSIS; CHELATION; ELECTRONS; ISOMERS; OLEFINS; RHODIUM; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SUBSTRATES; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; ALKYNE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RHODIUM; SULFIDE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHELATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33745714355     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo060582o     Document Type: Article

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