Direct ruthenium-catalyzed C-C coupling of ethanol: Diene hydro-hydroxyethylation to form all-carbon quaternary centers

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2844-2846

  Han, Hoon ^a   Krische, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKADIENE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKADIENES; CATALYSIS; ETHANOL; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RUTHENIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77953557289     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol101077v     Document Type: Article

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