Metal-mediated organic reactions in aqueous media

• Main Author: Yang, Yong-Sheng
• Other Authors: Loh Teck Peng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Organic synthesis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/47994
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis describes the indium(zinc)-copper promoted Barbier-type alkylation reactions of various nitrones with alkyl iodides in water; zinc-indium mediated pinacol coupling reaciton of aldehydes with α,β-unsaturated ketones in aqueous media; direct synthesis of alkyl indium reagents and their app...