A new strategy for extending N-acyl imides as chiral auxiliaries for aldol and diels-alder reactions: Application to an enantioselective synthesis of α-himachalene

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2119-2121

  Evans, David A ^a   Brown Ripin, David H ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey S ^a   Shaughnessy, Eileen A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldol reactions; Chiral auxiliaries; Decarboxylations; Diels Alder reactions; Himachalene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030813175     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199721191     Document Type: Article

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