Metal-free carbon-carbon bond-forming reductive coupling between boronic acids and tosylhydrazones

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 494-499

  Barluenga, José ^a   Tomás Gamasa, María ^a   Aznar, Fernando ^a   Valdés, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; TOLUENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

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

BORONIC ACIDS; CARBON; HYDRAZONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM; TOSYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 69249206655     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.328     Document Type: Article

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