Phosphoramidites: Marvellous ligands in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 346-353

  Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 CYCLOHEXENONE; COPPER; CYCLOALKANONE; HYDROCARBON; KETONE; LIGAND; ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHOSPHORAMIDIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORAMIDITE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATION; CONJUGATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; HYDROCARBONS, CYCLIC; KETONES; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; STEROIDS; ZINC;

EID: 0033935279     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar990084k     Document Type: Article

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