Enantioselective cathodic reduction of 4-methylcoumarin: Dependence of selectivity on reaction conditions and investigation of the mechanism

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2011-2024

  Nielsen, Merete Folmer ^b   Batanero, Belen ^a   Löhl, Thorsten ^a   Schäfer, Hans J ^a   Würthwein, Ernst Ulrich ^a   Fröhlich, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enantioselective protonations; Kinetics; Quantum chemical calculations; Reductions; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031446505     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19970031216     Document Type: Article

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