Gold-catalyzed transesterification of ortho-alkynylbenzoic acid esters: a novel protecting group for alcohols and phenols

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 7046-7049

  Umetsu, Kazuteru ^a   Asao, Naoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ALKYNYLBENZOIC ACID ESTER DERIVATIVE; 2 IODOBENZOYLCHLORIDE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID ESTER DERIVATIVE; GOLD; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEPROTECTION REACTION; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 54049089906     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.09.146     Document Type: Article

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