Ruthenium catalyzed addition reaction of carboxylic acid across olefins without beta-hydride elimination

Yohei Oe; Tetsuo Ohta; Yoshihiko Ito

doi:10.1039/b404229h

Ruthenium catalyzed addition reaction of carboxylic acid across olefins without beta-hydride elimination

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Jul 21:(14):1620-1. doi: 10.1039/b404229h. Epub 2004 Jun 15.

Authors

Yohei Oe¹, Tetsuo Ohta, Yoshihiko Ito

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto, 610-0394, Japan. tota@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

PMID: 15263947
DOI: 10.1039/b404229h

Abstract

The cationic ruthenium catalyst (Cp*RuCl2)2/AgOTf/Ligand promotes the addition reaction of carboxylic acids across olefins without beta-hydride elimination.