Rhodium-catalyzed ketone methylation using methanol under mild conditions: Formation of α-branched products

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 761-765

  Chan, Louis K M ^a   Poole, Darren L ^a   Shen, Di ^a   Healy, Mark P ^b   Donohoe, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS HORSHAM RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

homogeneous catalysis; hydrogen borrowing; ketones; methanol

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; METHANOL; METHYLATION;

ALIPHATIC KETONES; ALKYLATION REACTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHYL KETONES; REACTION PATHWAYS; REACTION SYSTEM; RHODIUM-CATALYZED;

KETONES;

IRIDIUM; KETONE; METHANOL; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN BORROWING; METHYLATION; TEMPERATURE;

HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN BORROWING; KETONES; METHANOL;

CATALYSIS; IRIDIUM; KETONES; METHANOL; METHYLATION; RHODIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84891880502     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307950     Document Type: Article

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