Enzyme-like chemoselective acylation of alcohols in the presence of amines catalyzed by a tetranuclear zinc cluster

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2944-2945

  Ohshima, Takashi ^a   Iwasaki, Takanori ^a   Maegawa, Yusuke ^a   Yoshiyama, Asako ^a   Mashima, Kazushi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINE; ZINC;

ACYLATION; AMIDATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

ACYLATION; ALCOHOLS; AMIDES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 41349089895     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja711349r     Document Type: Article

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