The first highly enantioselective catalytic diphenylzinc additions to aldehydes: Synthesis of chiral diarylcarbinols by asymmetric catalysis

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4222-4223

  Huang, Wei Sheng ^a   Pu, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL; METHANOL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033546095     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo990402t     Document Type: Article

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