Ruthenium catalyzed C-C bond formation via transfer hydrogenation: Branch-selective reductive coupling of allenes to paraformaldehyde and higher aldehydes

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2705-2708

  Ngai, Ming Yu ^a   Skucas, Eduardas ^a   Krische, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALKADIENE; ALLENE; CARBON; RUTHENIUM;

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

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ALKADIENES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RUTHENIUM;

EID: 51649085840     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800836v     Document Type: Article

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