Cis-selective asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins catalyzed by five-coordinate [RuCl(PNNP)]+ complexes

Organometallics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2102-2108

  Bachmann, Stephan ^a   Furler, Maya ^a   Mezzetti, Antonio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS SELECTIVE ASYMMETRIC CYCLOPROPANATION; DIASTEREOMERIC AGGREGATES; DIAZOESTERS; ENENTIOSELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR MODELLING CALCULATIONS; PUTATIVE CARBENE INTERMEDIATE; STRERIC CONSTRAINTS;

CALCULATIONS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPLEXATION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ESTERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLEFINS; ORGANOMETALLICS; STYRENE;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035858945     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om010020p     Document Type: Article

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