One-pot, fluoride-promoted wittig reaction

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2178-2195

  Fumagalli, Tiziano ^a   Sello, Guido ^a   Orsini, Fulvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

, unsaturated compounds; Tetra n butylammonium fluoride; Wittig reaction

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; BROMOACETIC ACID; COMBRETASTATIN; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FLUORIDE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; DIASTEREOISOMER; MOLECULAR STABILITY; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; STEREOCHEMISTRY; WITTIG REACTION;

EID: 67650245759     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802654633     Document Type: Article

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