Allylic 4-Methoxybenzoates display excellent Reagent-controlled double diastereoselection in the sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation: Application to highly selective total syntheses of polyols

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 34, 1997, Pages 5941-5944

  Guzman Perez, Angel ^a   Corey, E J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

POLYOL;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030795643     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)01327-0     Document Type: Article

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35. This research was assisted financially by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.