Electrochemical allylation reactions of simple imines in aqueous solution mediated by nanoscale zinc architectures

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 924-927

  Huang, Jing Mei ^a   Wang, Xu Xiao ^a   Dong, Yi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

allylation; aqueous reactions; electrochemistry; imines; zinc

Indexed keywords

ALLYLATION REACTIONS; ALLYLATIONS; AQUEOUS REACTIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; HIGH ACTIVITY; IMINES; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE ARCHITECTURES; REACTION ACTIVITY; UNDIVIDED CELL; ZINC ELECTRODES; ZINC POWDER;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

ZINC;

IMINE; NANOMATERIAL; WATER; ZINC;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTIONS; STEREOISOMERISM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; ZINC;

EID: 78651596659     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201004852     Document Type: Article

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