Regio- and enantioselective cyclization of epoxy alcohols catalyzed by a [Co(III)(salen)] complex

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 2012-2014

  Wu, Michael H ^a   Hansen, Karl B ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Desymmetrization; Enantiomeric resolution; Heterocycles

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; COBALT COMPLEX; EPOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033549570     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990712)38:13/14<2012::AID-ANIE2012>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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