Origins of regioselectivity and alkene-directing effects in nickel-catalyzed reductive couplings of alkynes and aldehydes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2050-2057

  Liu, Peng ^a   McCarren, Patrick ^a   Cheong, Paul Ha Yeon ^a   Jamison, Timothy F ^b   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL; ALKYNYL GROUPS; C-C BONDS; CARBONYL COMPLEXES; CONJUGATED ENYNES; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; REDUCTIVE COUPLING REACTION; REDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; STERIC EFFECT;

ALDEHYDES; NICKEL ALLOYS; OLEFINS; REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ACETYLENE;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 77249109340     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja909562y     Document Type: Article

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