Ruthenium-porphyrin-catalyzed diastereoselective intramolecular alkyl carbene insertion into C-H bonds of alkyl diazomethanes generated in situ from N-tosylhydrazones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 14175-14180

  Reddy, Annapureddy Rajasekar ^a,b   Zhou, Cong Ying ^a,b   Guo, Zhen ^a,b   Wei, Jinhu ^a,b   Che, Chi Ming ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alkyl carbenes; Alkyl diazomethanes; C H insertion; Homogeneous catalysis; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; PORPHYRINS; REACTION KINETICS; RUTHENIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

C-H INSERTION; CARBENES; CONCISE SYNTHESIS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE; DIAZOMETHANES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; N-TOSYLHYDRAZONES; REDUCTIVE COUPLINGS;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84917674412     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408102     Document Type: Article

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