Catalytic asymmetric oxidative couplings of 2-naphthols by tridentate N-ketopinidene-based vanadyl dicarboxylates

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2529-2532

  Barhate, Nivrutti B ^a   Chen, Chien Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHOL; 2,2' DIHYDROXY 1,1' BINAPHTHYL; 2-NAPHTHOL; AMINO ACID; BRIDGED COMPOUND; KETONE; KETOPINIC ACID; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; OXOVANADIUM IV; OXYGEN; VANADIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; KETONES; NAPHTHOLS; OXYGEN; VANADATES;

EID: 0000690145     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol026156g     Document Type: Article

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