Ferric chloride-catalyzed decarboxylative alkylation of β-keto acids with benzylic alcohols

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2377-2381

  Yang, CuiFeng ^a   Shen, Chen ^a   Li, HaiHua ^a   Tian, ShiKai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

keto acids; alkylation; benzylic alcohols; decarboxylation; ferric chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862699934     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5140-0     Document Type: Article

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