Asymmetric epoxidation of a geminally-disubstituted and some trisubstituted enones catalysed by poly-L-leucine

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3741-3743

  Bentley, Paul A ^a   Bickley, Jamie F ^a   Roberts, Stanley M ^a   Steiner, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric reactions; Asymmetric synthesis; Epoxides; Peptides and polypeptides

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; TETRALONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; EPOXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0035963056     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)00535-4     Document Type: Article

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