Asymmetric construction of 4H-carbazol-4-one intermediates via the cyclohexadienone annulation of chiral carbene complexes

Organometallics

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 4945-4947

  Quinn, John F ^a   Powers, Timothy S ^a   Wulff, William D ^a   Yap, Glenn P A ^b   Rheingold, Arnold L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0001535573     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om970639k     Document Type: Article

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