N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed intermolecular hydroacylation of cyclopropenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 8130-8133

  Bugaut, Xavier ^a   Liu, Fan ^a   Glorius, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC ALDEHYDE; CYCLOPROPENES; DIASTEREOCONTROL; HIGH YIELD; HYDROACYLATION; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; PRODUCT FORMATION;

ALDEHYDES; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; OLEFINS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACYLCYCLOPROPANE; ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBENE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; N HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; PROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON; HYDROACYLATION;

EID: 79957750879     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja202594g     Document Type: Article

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