Ruthenium-catalyzed hydroarylations of methylenecyclopropanes: Mild C-H bond functionalizations with conservation of cyclopropane rings

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3409-3412

  Kozhushkov, Sergei I ^a   Yufit, Dmitry S ^b   Ackermann, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; METHYLENECYCLOPROPANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLOPROPANES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 54049085812     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8011875     Document Type: Article

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