Iridium-catalyzed C-C coupling via transfer hydrogenation: Carbonyl addition from the alcohol or aldehyde oxidation level employing 1,3-cyclohexadiene

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1033-1035

  Bower, John F ^a   Patman, Ryan L ^a   Krische, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 CYCLOHEXADIENE; 1,3-CYCLOHEXADIENE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; IRIDIUM; KETONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; CYCLOHEXENES; HYDROGENATION; IRIDIUM; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 43549090940     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800159w     Document Type: Article

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