Enantioselective conjugate addition of dialkyl-zinc reagents to cyclic and acyclic enones catalyzed by chiral copper complexes of new phosphorus amidites

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2374-2376

  De Vries, André H M ^a   Meetsma, Auke ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymmetric syntheses; Carbon carbon coupling; Copper compounds; Phosphorus compounds; Zinc compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030477791     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199623741     Document Type: Article

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