Internal Lewis acid coordination as a powerful tool to promote highly stereoselective alkylation of α-alkyl-β-hydroxy ketones with Grignard reagents

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2154-2161

  Bartoli, Giuseppe ^a   Bellucci, M Cristina ^a   Bosco, Marcella ^a   Marcantoni, Enrico ^b   Sambri, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

1,3 diols; Alkylation; Asymmetric synthesis; Chelates; Lewis acids

Indexed keywords

KETONE DERIVATIVE; REAGENT;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIASTEREOISOMER; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031772090     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19981102)4:11<2154::AID-CHEM2154>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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