Lewis acid-catalyzed Meyer-Schuster reactions: methodology for the olefination of aldehydes and ketones

Tetrahedron

Volumn 64, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 6988-6996

  Engel, Douglas A ^a   Lopez, Susana S ^a   Dudley, Gregory B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Ethoxyacetylene; Ketone; Meyer Schuster; Olefination; Scandium(III) triflate

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; SCANDIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; MEYER SCHUSTER REACTION; OLEFINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 44949179912     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.02.030     Document Type: Article

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