Steric and Electronic Influences on the Diastereoselectivity of the Rh2(OAc)4-Catalyzed C-H Insertion in Chiral Ester Diazoanilides: Synthesis of Chiral, Nonracemic 4-Substituted 2-Pyrrolidinones

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 4218-4227

  Wee, Andrew G H ^a   Liu, Baosheng ^a   McLeod, Douglas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1021/jo971540q     Document Type: Article

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