ChemInform Abstract: Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized 1-Oxo-1-phenyl-2-acetic Acids Through Ru(II)-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Wang, Xiaowei; Yan, Yunnan; Gong, Binwei; Tang, Xiaobo; Li, Qiu; Meng, Yanqin; Xu, H. Eric; Yi, Wei
- Source
- ChemInform. Apr2014, Vol. 45 Issue 14, pno-no. 1p.
- Subject
- *PHENYLACETIC acid
*TRANSFER hydrogenation
*RUTHENIUM catalysts
*CHEMOSELECTIVITY
*FORMIC acid
*INDAN
- Language
- ISSN
- 0931-7597
A new and efficient method for the synthesis of indanylacetic acid via chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of corresponding oxoindanylideneacetic acids (I) is developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]