New Lewis-acidic molybdenum(II) and tungsten(II) catalysts for intramolecular carbonyl erie and prins reactions. Reversal of the stereoselectivity of cyclization of citronellal

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2765-2775

  Kočovský, Pavel ^a   Ahmed, Ghafoor ^a,c   Šrogl, Jiří ^a,d   Malkov, Andrei V ^a   Steele, John ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Asymmetry International PLC   (United Kingdom)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRONELLAL; MOLYBDENUM; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; METAL BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033574498     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9821675     Document Type: Article

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