One-pot synthesis of enantiomerically enriched 2,3-disubstituted cyclopentanones via copper-catalyzed 1,4-reduction and alkylation

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1129-1131

  Yun, Jaesook ^a   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; COPPER; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; COPPER; CYCLOPENTANES; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035912344     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol015577f     Document Type: Article

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