Toward an Understanding of the High Enantioselectivity in the Osmium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dihydroxylation. 2. A Qualitative Molecular Mechanics Approach

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 1994, Pages 8470-8478

  Norrby, Per Ola ^a   Kolb, Hartmuth C ^b   Sharpless, K Barry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0000770498     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00098a006     Document Type: Article

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