Nucleophilic silylenoid character of stable phosphonium sila-ylides

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 8255-8258

  Gau, David ^a,b   Rodriguez, Ricardo ^a,b   Kato, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Saffon Merceron, Nathalie ^a   Cossío, Fernando P ^c   Baceiredo, Antoine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cycloaddition; Phosphorus; Silicon; Silylenes; Ylides

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; LOW ENERGIES; SILYLENES; SILYLENOIDS;

ALDEHYDES; PHOSPHORUS;

CARBONYLATION;

EID: 77954847533     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001054     Document Type: Article

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