An atom-economical access to Β-heteroarylated ketones from propargylic alcohols via tandem ruthenium/indium catalysis

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 398-401

  Trost, Barry M ^a   Breder, Alexander ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; INDIUM; KETONE; PROPANOL; PROPARGYL ALCOHOL; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; INDIUM; KETONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROPANOLS; RUTHENIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79851489230     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol102706j     Document Type: Article

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