Microwave-mediated palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation; an example of highly selective fast chemistry

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 603, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-5

  Kaiser, Nils Fredrik K ^b   Bremberg, Ulf ^a   Larhed, Mats ^b   Moberg, Christina ^a   Hallberg, Anders ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allylic alkylation; Enantioselectivity; Fast chemistry; Microwave chemistry; Palladium catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001820449     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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