From axial chirality to central chiralities: Pinacol cyclization of 2,2′-biaryldicarbaldehyde to trans-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene-9,10-diol

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1226-1229

  Ohmori, Ken ^a   Kitamura, Mitsuru ^a   Suzuki, Keisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirality; Cyclizations; NMR spectroscopy; Pinacol coupling; Samarium

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033519326     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990503)38:9<1226::AID-ANIE1226>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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