Enantioselective catalytic ring opening of epoxides with carboxylic acids

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 773-776

  Jacobsen, Eric N ^a   Kakiuchi, Fumitoshi ^a   Konsler, Reed G ^a   Larrow, Jay F ^a   Tokunaga, Makoto ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROXYACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031024261     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02414-8     Document Type: Article

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5. 2 symmetric diols.
6. The X-ray crystal structure of 3 has been reported: Leung. W.-H.; Chan, E. Y. Y.; Chow, E. K. F.; Williams, I. D.; Peng, S.-M. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton, Trans. 1996, 1229.
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