Development of a general Pd(II)-catalyzed intermolecular hydroalkoxylation reaction of vinylphenols by using a sacrificial alcohol as the hydride source

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5557-5560

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Sigman, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 VINYLPHENOL; 4-VINYLPHENOL; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; PALLADIUM; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACETOPHENONES; ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM; PHENOLS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33846032298     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062222t     Document Type: Article

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