First magnesium-mediated carbonyl benzylation in water

Chinese Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 747-750

  Deng, Wei ^a   Tan, Xiang Hui ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Guo, Qing Xiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Aqueous medium; Barbier reaction; Chemoselectivity; Green chemistry; Mg

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; BENZYL BROMIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; KETONE; MAGNESIUM; SILVER NITRATE; WATER;

ALLYLATION; ARTICLE; BENZYLATION; CATALYSIS;

EID: 4344629227     PISSN: 1001604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.20040220726     Document Type: Article

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