Cationic rhodium(I)-dppf complex-catalyzed olefin isomerization/propargyl claisen rearrangement/carbonyl migration cascade

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 10822-10823

  Tanaka, Ken ^a   Okazaki, Eri ^a   Shibata, Yu ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

[CARBONYL; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; GOOD YIELD; MIGRATION REACTION; PROPARGYL ETHERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ETHERS; OLEFINS; RHODIUM;

RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKENE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATION; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERIZATION; MIGRATION; REACTOR CASCADE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 68249156464     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9038449     Document Type: Article

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