Catalytic nucleophilic activation of acetonitrile via a cooperative catalysis of cationic Ru complex, DBU, and NaPF6

Tetrahedron

Volumn 63, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 8598-8608

  Kumagai, Naoya ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMINE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; SODIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447513871     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.04.051     Document Type: Article

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