Ruthenium pincer-catalyzed acylation of alcohols using esters with liberation of hydrogen under neutral conditions

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3169-3173

  Gnanaprakasam, Boopathy ^a   Ben David, Yehoshoa ^a   Milstein, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

acylation; dehydrogenation; homogeneous catalysis; ruthenium pincer complex; transesterification

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650345516     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000663     Document Type: Article

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