A Versatile Room-Temperature Route to Di- and Trisubstituted Allenes Using Flow-Generated Diazo Compounds

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 7920-7923

  Poh, Jian Siang ^a   Tran, Duc N ^a   Battilocchio, Claudio ^a   Hawkins, Joel M ^b   Ley, Steven V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

allenes; carbenes; copper; diazo compounds; flow chemistry

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

ALLENES; CARBENES; COPPER-CATALYZED COUPLINGS; DIAZO COMPOUNDS; FLOW CHEMISTRY; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TERMINAL ALKYNE;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKADIENE; ALKYNE; CARBENE; COPPER; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; METHANE; PROPADIENE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALKADIENES; ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; DIAZONIUM COMPOUNDS; METHANE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84930260589     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501538     Document Type: Article

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