Synthesis of α-hydroxy ketones from terpene aldehydes

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2591-2600

  Schueler, Martin ^a   Zorn, Holger ^b   Slawin, Alexandra M Z ^a   Berger, Ralf G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydroxy ketones; Acyloins; Camphanates; Copper salt catalysis; Cyanohydrin trimethylsilyl ethers; Grignard reaction; Nitriles; Tautomerisation; Terpene aldehydes

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALPHA HYDROXY KETONE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA HYDROXYMETHYL KETONE; CAMPHANATE ESTER; COPPER DERIVATIVE; CYANOHYDRIN; ESTER; ISOPRENOID; KETONE; NITRILE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DIASTEREOISOMER; GRIGNARD REACTION; HEATING; ISOMERIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TAUTOMERIC SHIFT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3843092611     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SCC-200025618     Document Type: Article

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