Synthesis of racemic and optically active glycidic ethers, precursors of liquid crystalline polyethers

Chirality

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 779-785

  Taton, Daniel ^a   Le Borgne, Alain ^b   Chen, Jian ^c   Shum, Wilfred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiral HPLC; Epichlorohydrin; Glycidol; Liquid crystals; Optically active oxiranes

Indexed keywords

POLYETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHIRAL CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031762050     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-636X(1998)10:9<779::AID-CHIR1>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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