Conversion of Primary Alcohols and Aldehydes into Methyl Esters by Ruthenium-Catalysed Hydrogen Transfer Reactions

Autor: Michael K. Whittlesey, Jonathan M. J. Williams, Nathan A. Owston, Alexandra J. Parker, Tracy D. Nixon
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Synthesis. 2009:1578-1581
ISSN: 1437-210X
0039-7881
Popis: Alcohols and aldehydes are oxidised to the corresponding methyl esters by reaction with methanol in the presence of crotono-nitrile as a hydrogen acceptor using a catalyst combination of Ru(PPh 3 ) 3 (CO)H 2 with xantphos.
Databáze: OpenAIRE