Brønsted acid catalyzed α-alkylation of aldehydes with diaryl methyl alcohols

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 12272-12275

  Xing, Chong ^a   Sun, Hui ^b   Zhang, Junmin ^a   Li, Guohui ^b   Chi, Yonggui Robin ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

alcohols; aldehydes; alkylation; Br nsted acid; carbocations

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDRATION; CARBOCATIONS; ENAMINES; ENOLIZATION; METHYL ALCOHOLS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; METHANOL;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80054730818     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102623     Document Type: Article

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