Ruthenium hydride catalyzed regioselective addition of aldehydes to enones to give 1,3-diketones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 5559-5561

  Fukuyama, Takahide ^a   Doi, Takashi ^a   Minamino, Satoshi ^a   Omura, Sohei ^a   Ryu, Ilhyong ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Addition; Aldehydes; Enones; Homogeneous catalysis; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; KETONES; REGIOSELECTIVITY; RUTHENIUM;

HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDROMETALATION;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 34547183280     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701005     Document Type: Article

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