Iron(III) chloride-promoted isomerization of propargyl alcohols to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-540

  El Douhaibi, Ahmad Samih ^a   Judeh, Zaher M A ^b   Basri, Hedaya ^b   Moussa, Ziad ^a   Messali, Mouslim ^a   Qi, Gao ^b  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Iron(III) chloride; isomerization; propargyl alcohols

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ARYL PROPARGYL ALCOHOL; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ISOMERIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 79551656396     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911003611810     Document Type: Article

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