Enantioselective autemultiplication of chiral molecules by asymmetric autocatalysis

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 382-390

  Soai, Kenso ^a   Shibata, Takanori ^a   Sato, Itaru ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKANOL; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; IRON; LEUCINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINOL DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; REVIEW; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; HYDROXYQUINOLINES; IRON; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PYRIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 0033623873     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar9900820     Document Type: Article

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