Sodium tetramethoxyborate: An efficient catalyst for Michael additions of stabilized carbon nucleophiles

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 8127-8130

  Campaña, Araceli G ^a   Fuentes, Noelia ^a   Gómez Bengoa, Enrique ^b   Mateo, Cristina ^b   Oltra, J Enrique ^a   Echavarren, Antonio M ^b,c   Cuerva, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEWIS ACID; MICHAEL ACCEPTOR REAGENTS; MICHAEL ADDITIONS; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSTS; METHANOL; NUCLEOPHILES; REACTION KINETICS;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BORIC ACID; CARBON; LEWIS ACID; METHANOL; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; SODIUM TETRAMETHOXYBORATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MICHAEL ADDITION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 35348853140     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo701354c     Document Type: Article

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