Sn-free Ni-catalyzed reductive coupling of glycosyl bromides with activated alkenes

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 879-882

  Gong, Hegui ^a,b   Andrews, R Stephen ^a,b   Zuccarello, Joseph L ^a,b   Lee, Stephen J ^a,b   Gagné, Michel R ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; GLYCOSIDE; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL;

EID: 62749135024     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8028737     Document Type: Article

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