The Chiral Switch of (S)-Metolachlor: A Personal Account of an Industrial Odyssey in Asymmetric Catalysis

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-31

  Blaser, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a SOLVIAS AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

(S) metolachlor process; Chiral switch; Development process; Homogeneous catalysis; Industrial application; Ir catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation; Ir xyliphos catalyst; Personal account

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002164532     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1615-4169(200201)344:1<17::AID-ADSC17>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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