Epoxide deoxygenation mediated by Salen complexes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 50, 1999, Pages 8747-8749

  Isobe, Hiroshi ^a   Branchaud, Bruce P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Cobalt; Cobalt compounds; Deoxygenation; Epoxides

Indexed keywords

COBALT DERIVATIVE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; EPOXIDE; N,N' BIS(3,5 DI TERT BUTYLSALICYCLIDENE) 1,2 CYCLOHEXANEDIAMINO COBALT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ISOMERISM; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033544769     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01880-8     Document Type: Article

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