Ruthenium-catalysed α-prenylation of ketones using prenol
Raman Vijaya Sankar, Deepsagar Manikpuri, Chidambaram Gunanathan
Abstract
Ruthenium-catalyzed direct prenylation of both cyclic and acyclic ketones using prenol is attained with water as the only byproduct.
Topics & Concepts
Pincer movementChemistryPrenylationRutheniumCatalysisCombinatorial chemistryPalladiumOrganic chemistryEnzymeAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisChemical Synthesis and AnalysisSynthetic Organic Chemistry Methods