General Characteristics In the Reformatsky reaction, the enolates formed from α-haloesters and zinc metal add to aldehydes and ketones. Zinc enolates are less basic, less reactive, and thus more ...
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Synthesis of Cyclic Amine Boranes through Triazole-Gold(I)-Catalyzed Alkyne Hydroboration
Wang, Q.; Motika, S. E.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Petersen, J. L.; Shi, X. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. 53, 5418. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402614 The first catalytic alkyne hydroboration of propargyl amine ...
#12: Professor Hajime Ito: Chemistry that sprouts from metal complexes
For this 12th installment, we are interviewing Professor Hajime Ito from the Faculty of Engineering at Hokkaido University, who was introduced to us by Professor Jun Terao (interview #5). Professor ...
#11: Professor Motomu Kanai: From catalysts to life
In the second interview of this new year, we will interview someone who was recommended to us by Professor Kenichiro Itami (interview #2): Professor Motomu Kanai from the Graduate School of ...