Direct Transformation of Esters into Arenes with 1,5-Bifunctional Organomagnesium Reagents

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 12163-12166

  Link, Achim ^a   Fischer, Christian ^a   Sparr, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acenes; arenes; carboxylic acid esters; Grignard reactions; organomagnesium reagents

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ACENES; ARENES; AROMATIC RINGS; DEFUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GRIGNARD REACTION; NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS; ORGANOMAGNESIUM; PRACTICAL METHOD;

ESTERS;

EID: 84942821134     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201505414     Document Type: Article

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