Acetylides from alkyl propiolates as building blocks for C 3 homologation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2090-2098

  Tejedor, David ^a,b   López Tosco, Sara ^a   Cruz Acosta, Fabio ^a   Méndez Abt, Gabriela ^a   García Tellado, Fernando ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Madrid Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylides; Asymmetric catalysis; C C coupling; C 3 homologation; Domino reactions

Indexed keywords

ACETYLIDES; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; C-C COUPLING; C 3 HOMOLOGATION; DOMINO REACTIONS;

CATALYSIS; ESTERS; ORGANOMETALLICS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

ALKYLATION;

ALKYNE; CARBON; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PROPIOLIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SHORT SURVEY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROPIONATES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 61949214560     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801987     Document Type: Short Survey

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