Mild and selective boronic acid catalyzed 1,3-transposition of allylic alcohols and Meyer-Schuster rearrangement of propargylic alcohols

Chemical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1305-1310

  Zheng, Hongchao ^a   Lejkowski, Michal ^a   Hall, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC ALCOHOL; BORONIC ACID; CARBOCATIONS; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; METAL-FREE CONDITIONS; MEYER-SCHUSTER REARRANGEMENT; PROPARGYLIC ALCOHOLS; TANDEM REACTION;

ALCOHOLS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 79959486571     PISSN: 20416520     EISSN: 20416539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1sc00140j     Document Type: Article

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