α-Diketones as acyl anion equivalents: A non-enzymatic thiamine-promoted route to aldehyde-ketone coupling in PEG400 as recyclable medium

Tetrahedron

Volumn 67, Issue 42, 2011, Pages 8110-8115

  Bortolini, Olga ^a   Fantin, Giancarlo ^a   Fogagnolo, Marco ^a   Giovannini, Pier Paolo ^a   Venturi, Valentina ^a   Pacifico, Salvatore ^a   Massi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diketones; Hydroxyketones; N Heterocyclic carbenes; Polyethylene glycol; Thiazolium salts

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICARBONYL DERIVATIVE; 3 BENZYL 5 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 4 METHYLTHIAZOLIUM; ALDEHYDE; ALPHA KETOESTER DERIVATIVE; COCARBOXYLASE; DIKETONE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; KETONE; MACROGOL 400; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 80052928350     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.08.056     Document Type: Article

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