Practical ruthenium/lipase-catalyzed asymmetric transformations of ketones and enol acetates to chiral acetates

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2487-2490

  Jung, Hyun M ^a   Koh, Jeong H ^a   Kim, Mahn Joo ^a   Park, Jaiwook ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; KETONE; RUTHENIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

ACETATES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISOMERISM; KETONES; LIPASE; RUTHENIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034632398     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006169z     Document Type: Article

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