Practical new silyloxy-based alkyne metathesis catalysts with optimized activity and selectivity profiles

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 11045-11057

  Heppekausen, Johannes ^a   Stade, Robert ^a   Goddard, Richard ^a   Fürstner, Alois ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-BUTYNE; ACTIVE SPECIES; ALKYLIDYNES; ALKYNE METATHESIS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL YIELDS; HIGH YIELD; IN-SITU; MOLYBDENUM NITRIDE; NATURAL PRODUCTS; NEW TOOLS; PHENANTHROLINES; REACTION MIXTURE; SILANOLATES; SODIUM MOLYBDATE; SYNTHESIS ROUTE;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NITRIDES; REACTION RATES; SIEVES; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACETYLENE;

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; MOLYBDATE SODIUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; NATURAL PRODUCT; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SILYLATION; SOLID STATE; SYNTHESIS; VACUUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955563276     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja104800w     Document Type: Article

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