Allyl-, allenyl-, and propargyl-transfer reactions through cleavage of C-C bonds catalyzed by an n-heterocyclic carbene/copper complex: Synthesis of multisubstituted pyrroles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3294-3298

  Sai, Masahiro ^a   Yorimitsu, Hideki ^a   Oshima, Koichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

allenylation; allylation; C C cleavage; copper; propargylation

Indexed keywords

ALLENYL; ALLENYLATION; C-C BONDS; C-C CLEAVAGE; COPPER COMPLEXES; HOMOALLYL ALCOHOL; N-HETEROCYCLIC; PROPARGYL; PROPARGYLATION; REGIO-SELECTIVE; RETRO-ALLYLATION; TRANSFER REACTION;

ALDEHYDES; ALLYLATION; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; COPPER; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79953016043     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201100631     Document Type: Article

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