Mesityltriphenylbismuthonium tetrafluoroborate as an efficient bismuth(V) oxidant: remarkable steric effects on reaction rates and chemoselectivities in alcohol oxidation

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2885-2888

  Matano, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Takeshi ^a   Shinokura, Tomonori ^a   Imahori, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bismuthonium salts; Carbonyl compounds; Chemoselectivity; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; BISMUTH; HYDROGEN; KETONE; MESITYLTRIPHENYLBISMUTHONIUM TETRAFLUOROBORATE; N,N,N',N' TETRAMETHYLGUANIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33947196275     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.02.085     Document Type: Article

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