Tunable bromomagnesium thiolate tishchenko reaction catalysts: Intermolecular aldehyde-trifluoromethylketone coupling

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3045-3048

  Cronin, Linda ^a   Manoni, Francesco ^a   O'Connor, Cornelius J ^a   Connon, Stephen J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Disproportionation; Grignard reagents; Homogeneous catalysis; Synthetic methods; Tishchenko reaction

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; COUPLING REACTION; DISPROPORTIONATIONS; GRIGNARD REAGENT; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; REACTION MECHANISM; SYNTHETIC METHODS; THIOLATES; TRIFLUOROMETHYLKETONE;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; KETONES; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ALDEHYDE; KETONE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; KETONES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77951190429     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200907167     Document Type: Article

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