Manganese-promoted, titanocene-catalyzed stereoselective pinacol coupling of aldehydes

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1097-1106

  Dunlap, Melinda S ^a   Nicholas, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; MANGANESE; TITANOCENE;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CATALYST; ENANTIOMER; METAL BINDING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033040558     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397919908086078     Document Type: Article

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