A Totally Radical Approach to the Control of Stereochemistry: Coupling of Prochiral Radicals with Chiral Nitroxyl Radicals

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-238

  Braslau, Rebecca ^a   Burrill II, Leland C ^a   Mahal, Lara K ^a   Wedeking, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Nitroxides; Radical reactions; Stereoselectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030903474     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199702371     Document Type: Article

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