Palladium-catalyzed elimination/isomerization of enol triflates into 1,3-dienes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 6128-6132

  Crouch, Ian T ^a   Dreier, Timothy ^a   Frantz, Doug E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

dienes; enol triflates; homogeneous catalysis; palladium; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

1 ,3-DIENES; DIENES; ENOL TRIFLATES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDRIDE ELIMINATION; HYDROPALLADATION; REGIOSPECIFIC; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

CATALYSIS; HYDRIDES; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS;

OLEFINS;

EID: 79959516258     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201101820     Document Type: Article

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