Rhodium-hydroxyl bisphospholane catalyzed highly enantioselective hydrogenation of dehydroamino acids and esters

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 37, 1999, Pages 6701-6704

  Li, Wenge ^a   Zhang, Zhaoguo ^a   Xiao, Dengming ^a   Zhang, Xumu ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; HYDROGENATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033543623     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01254-X     Document Type: Article

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