Asymmetric Heck Reactions via Neutral Intermediates: Enhanced Enantioselectivity with Halide Additives Gives Mechanistic Insights

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-521

  Overman, Larry E ^a   Poon, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Asymmetric synthesis; Heck reactions; Palladium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030902183     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199705181     Document Type: Article

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