Rhodium-catalyzed rapid synthesis of substituted phenols from cyclobutenones and alkynes or alkenes via C-C bond cleavage

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2837-2839

  Kondo, Teruyuki ^a   Niimi, Masatsugu ^a   Nomura, Masato ^a   Wada, Kenji ^a   Mitsudo, Take aki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C C Bond cleavage; Catalyst; Cyclobutenone; Phenol; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; KETENE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; RING OPENING; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33947214399     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.02.091     Document Type: Article

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