Medium-sized carbocycles by a zirconocene-catalyzed tandem formal ring Expansion - Magnesation reaction of alkenyl-substituted cyclic enol ethers

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3081-3084

  Barluenga, José ^a   Álvarez Rodrigo, Lucía ^a   Rodríguez, Félix ^a   Fañanás, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONOCENE DICHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; CATALYSIS; ETHERS, CYCLIC; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 34547944433     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071137y     Document Type: Article

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