Tandem ruthenium-catalyzed redox isomerization-O-conjugate addition: An atom-economic synthesis of cyclic ethers

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2539-2542

  Trost, Barry M ^a   Gutierrez, Alicia C ^a   Livingston, Robert C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHER DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; ETHERS, CYCLIC; FURANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRANS; RUTHENIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 67149141768     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9007876     Document Type: Article

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