The Development of Catalytic Nucleophilic Additions of Terminal Alkynes in Water

• Published in: Accounts of chemical research Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 581 - 590
• Main Author: Li, Chao-Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 20.04.2010
• Subjects: Aldehydes - chemistry; Alkylation; Alkynes - chemistry; Catalysis; Ketones - chemistry; Water - chemistry

One of the major research endeavors in synthetic chemistry over the past two decades is the exploration of synthetic methods that work under ambient atmosphere with benign solvents, that maximize atom utilization, and that directly transform natural resources, such as renewable biomass, from their n...