Enantioselective ring opening of epoxides with 4-methoxyphenol catalyzed by gallium heterobimetallic complexes: An efficient method for the synthesis of optically active 1,2-diol monoethers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2223-2226

  Iida, Takehiko ^a   Yamamoto, Noriyoshi ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Woo, Hee Gweon ^b   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Asymmetric synthesis; Epoxides; Gallium; Oxygen nucleophiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031704998     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980904)37:16<2223::AID-ANIE2223>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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