Nature of intermediates in organo-somo catalysis of α-arylation of aldehydes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6001-6005

  Um, Joann M ^a   Gutierrez, Osvaldo ^a   Schoenebeck, Franziska ^a   Houk, K N ^a   Macmillan, David W C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC SYSTEM; ARYLATIONS; ENAMINES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FUNCTIONALS; ORTHO SELECTIVITY; RADICAL CATIONS; SPIN DENSITIES; TRANSITION STRUCTURES;

ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; POSITIVE IONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NATURAL SCIENCE;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION;

EID: 77951688144     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9063074     Document Type: Article

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