Rhodium-catalyzed cross-aldol reaction: In situ aldehyde-enolate formation from allyloxyboranes and primary allylic alcohols

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 10275-10279

  Lin, Luqing ^a   Yamamoto, Kumiko ^a,b   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a,b   Kanai, Motomu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aldol reaction; boron; homogeneous catalysis; synthetic methods; transition metals

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTIONS; ALLYLIC ALCOHOL; CROSS-ALDOL REACTION; DIRECT USE; HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOL; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; IN-SITU; ONE POT; RHODIUM-CATALYZED; SYN SELECTIVITY; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

ALDEHYDES; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; KETONES; OLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS; RHODIUM; TRANSITION METALS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; ALLYL ALCOHOL; BORANE DERIVATIVE; PROPANOL; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDES; BORANES; CATALYSIS; PROPANOLS; RHODIUM;

EID: 84867036094     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205680     Document Type: Article

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