Issue 27, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Alkylation of active methylene compounds with alcohols catalyzed by an iridium complex†

Masao Morita,a   Yasushi Oboraa  and  Yasutaka Ishii*a  

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a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, Yamate-cho, Suita, Japan
E-mail: ishii@ipcku.kansai-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Base-free catalytic α-alkylation of active methylene compounds with primary alcohols was successfully achieved using an [IrCl(cod)]2 complex in the presence of PPh3 to afford the corresponding saturated α-alkylated products in good yields.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B702293J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Feb 2007
Accepted
11 Apr 2007
First published
30 Apr 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 2850-2852

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