Iridium-Catalyzed Formyl-Selective Deuteration of Aldehydes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 56, Issue 27, 2017, Pages 7808-7812

  Kerr, William J ^a   Reid, Marc ^a   Tuttle, Tell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aldehydes; C H activation; deuteration; DFT; iridium

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DEUTERIUM; IRIDIUM;

AROMATIC ALDEHYDE; CATALYTIC METHODS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DECARBONYLATIONS; DEUTERATIONS; DEUTERIUM LABELING; KINETIC PRODUCT; ONE POT;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 85021158453     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201702997     Document Type: Article

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