Ruthenium catalysed reduction of alkenes using sodium borohydride

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 50, 2006, Pages 8943-8944

  Adair, Gareth R A ^a   Kapoor, Kamal K ^a   Scolan, Alexandre L B ^a   Williams, Jonathan M J ^a  

^a University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; REDUCING AGENT; RUTHENIUM; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; WATER;

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EID: 33750624323     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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