Chemoselective carbophilic addition of α-diazoesters through ligand-controlled gold catalysis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 9817-9821

  Xi, Yumeng ^a   Su, Yijin ^a   Yu, Zhaoyuan ^b   Dong, Boliang ^a   McClain, Edward J ^a   Lan, Yu ^b   Shi, Xiaodong ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbenoids; carbocations; carbophilicity; diazo compounds; gold

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; KETONES; LIGANDS;

ADDITION PRODUCTS; ANCILLARY LIGANDS; CARBENOIDS; CARBOCATIONS; CARBON NUCLEOPHILES; CARBOPHILICITY; DIAZO COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT;

GOLD;

EID: 84906947831     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404946     Document Type: Article

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