α′-Hydroxyenones as mechanistic probes and scope-expanding surrogates for α,β-unsaturated aldehydes in N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed reactions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 8714-8718

  Chiang, Pei Chen ^a   Rommel, Michael ^a   Bode, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULATION PRODUCTS; ANNULATION REACTIONS; CATALYZED REACTIONS; CYCLOPENTENES; ELECTROPHILES; FACILE PREPARATION; HETEROAROMATIC ALDEHYDES; HYDROXY ENONES; MECHANISTIC PROBES; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES; REACTION CONDITIONS; UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES;

AMIDES; SUBSTRATES;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA BETA UNSATURATED ALDEHYDE; ALPHA HYDROXYENONE; BICYLIC BETA LACTAM; CARBENE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ELECTROPHILE; GAMMA LACTAM DERIVATIVE; HETEROAROMATIC ALDEHYDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; KETONE; LACTAM; METHANE;

ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MECHANICAL PROBE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; CATALYSIS; CYCLOPENTANES; KETONES; LACTAMS; METHANE;

EID: 67650551310     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja902143w     Document Type: Article

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