Catalytic umpolung allylation of aldehydes by π-allylpalladium complexes containing bidentate N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

Organometallics

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4863-4865

  Barczak, Nicholas T ^a   Grote, Robin E ^a   Jarvo, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; LIGANDS; OLEFINS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALLYLATION; ALLYLPALLADIUM COMPLEXES; BIDENTATE LIGANDS; NEUTRAL MONODENTATES;

PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34948836884     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om700605y     Document Type: Article

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