Borrowing hydrogen: Indirect "Wittig" olefination for the formation of C-C bonds from alcohols

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4367-4378

  Black, Phillip J ^a   Edwards, Michael G ^a   Williams, Jonathan M J ^a  

^a University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenation; Domino reactions; Iridium; Transfer hydrogenation; Wittig reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749429963     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200600070     Document Type: Article

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