N-heterocyclic carbene-mediated oxidative esterification of aldehydes: Ester formation and mechanistic studies

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3016-3023

  Maji, Biswajit ^a   Vedachalan, Seenuvasan ^a   Ge, Xin ^a   Cai, Shuting ^a   Liu, Xue Wei ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC ALDEHYDE; CINNAMYL BROMIDE; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; ESTER FORMATION; GOOD YIELD; ISOTOPIC LABELING; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDES; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; MANGANESE OXIDE; MECHANICS; OXYGEN;

ESTERIFICATION;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESTERIFICATION; HALOGENATION; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; BENZOATES; CATALYSIS; CINNAMATES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 79955559516     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo200275c     Document Type: Article

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