Enantioselective epoxidation of terminal olefins by chiral dioxirane

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1929-1931

  Tian, Hongqi ^a   She, Xuegong ^a   Xu, Jiaxi ^a   Shi, Yian ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; DIOXIRANE; EPOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKENES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0035859340     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol010066e     Document Type: Article

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