Catalytic stereoselective semihydrogenation of alkynes to E-alkenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 806-808

  Michaelides, Iacovos N ^a   Dixon, Darren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alkynes; catalysis; E alkenes; semihydrogenation; stereoselectivity

Indexed keywords

ALKYNES; E-ALKENES; METAL CATALYST; SEMIHYDROGENATION; STEREO-SELECTIVE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; STEREOSELECTIVITY; TRANSITION METALS;

ACETYLENE;

EID: 84872318128     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201208120     Document Type: Article

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