Nickel-catalyzed formation of a carbon-nitrogen bond at the β position of saturated ketones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 4543-4545

  Ueno, Satoshi ^a   Shimizu, Ryosuke ^a   Kuwano, Ryoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

enaminones; Amination; Ketones; Nickel catalysis; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ENAMINONES; ETHYL KETONES; MORPHOLINES; NICKEL CATALYSIS; NITROGEN BONDS; PROPIOPHENONE; SECONDARY AMINES;

AMINATION; AMINES; CATALYSIS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; OLEFINS; OXIDATION;

KETONES;

EID: 70349964335     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900892     Document Type: Article

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