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Assistant Professor Christopher Douglas' article, which was published in the February 2011 edition of Angewandte Chemie International Edition, was recently highlighted in the German equivalent of Chemical & Engineering News—Nachrichten aus der Chemie.
The article was entitled, Insertion of an Alkene into an Ester: Intramolecular Oxyacylation Reaction of Alkenes through Acyl CO Bond Activation. In addition to Douglas, other authors were T. Giang Hoang, Venkata Jaganmohan Reddy, and Huy H. K. Nguyen.
Abstract: The first catalytic insertion of a CC bond into an acyl CO bond was achieved using rhodium catalysts. The products are β-alkoxy ketones with a fully substituted carbon center. Quinoline chelating groups were employed to stabilize the Rh-alkoxide intermediate.
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