The first decarbonylative coupling of aldehydes and norbornenes catalyzed by rhodium

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2899-2904

  Yang, Luo ^a   Guo, Xiangyu ^a   Li, Chao Jun ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aldehydes; decarbonylative coupling; norbornenes; rhodium catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649556341     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000476     Document Type: Article

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