Dialkyl Ether Formation by Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Acetals and Aryl Iodides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 9876-9880

  Arendt, Kevin M ^a   Doyle, Abigail G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross coupling; ethers; nickel; radicals; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ETHERS; NICKEL;

C-C BOND FORMING; CATALYTIC CYCLES; CHEMOSELECTIVE; CROSS COUPLING REACTIONS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; DIALKYL ETHERS; RADICALS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; IODINATED HYDROCARBON; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; SYNTHESIS;

ACETALS; CATALYSIS; ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, IODINATED; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84938991615     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503936     Document Type: Article

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