Copper-catalyzed synthesis of esters from ketones. Alkyl group as a leaving group

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2067-2070

  Nakatani, Yuji ^a   Koizumi, Yuichiro ^a   Yamasaki, Ryu ^a   Saito, Shinichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ESTER; KETONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; ESTERS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 47049095915     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800576w     Document Type: Article

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