Transfer hydrogenation in water: Enantioselective, catalytic reduction of α-cyano and α-nitro substituted acetophenones

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2893-2895

  Soltani, Omid ^a   Ariger, Martin A ^a   Vázquez Villa, Henar ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRIDIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACETOPHENONES; CATALYSIS; FORMIC ACIDS; HYDROGENATION; IRIDIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 77954129616     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1008894     Document Type: Article

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