Copper-catalyzed allylation of a,a-difluoro-substituted organozinc reagents

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 818-822

  Zemtsov, Artem A ^a   Kondratyev, Nikolay S ^a,b   Levin, Vitalij V ^a   Struchkova, Marina I ^a   Dilman, Alexander D ^a  

^a N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYLATION; CATALYSIS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTION; DIFLUOROCARBENE; ELECTROPHILES; ORGANOZINC REAGENTS;

COPPER;

ALLYL CHLORIDE; BROMIDE; CARBENE; CARBON; COPPER; ELECTROPHILE; HALOGEN; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NUCLEOPHILE; ORGANOFLUORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PROTON; REAGENT; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ALLYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ISOMER; ONE POT SYNTHESIS;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

EID: 84896694160     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo4024705     Document Type: Article

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