Torsional and steric effects control the stereoselectivities of alkylations of pyrrolidinone enolates

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 5334-5335

  Ando, Kaori ^a,b   Green, Nora S ^a   Li, Yi ^a,c   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIDINONE ENOLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033538331     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja982791z     Document Type: Article

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