Copper(I) phosphoramidite catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of dialkylzinc reagents to α,β-unsaturated nitroacetates; an enantioselective route to β-aryl-nitroalkanes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 31, 1999, Pages 5803-5806

  Versleijen, Jos P G ^a   Van Leusen, Albert M ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; NITROALKANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONJUGATION; DECARBOXYLATION; PARTIAL DRUG SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033618260     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01118-1     Document Type: Article

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