Oxiranyl anion-mediated synthesis of highly enantiomerically enriched styrene oxide derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 2445-2448

  Capriati, Vito ^a   Florio, Saverio ^a   Luisi, Renzo ^a   Salomone, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM LITHIUM HYDRIDE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; EPOXIDE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; LIGAND; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; REDUCING AGENT; STYRENE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ETHYLENE OXIDE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIGANDS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCING AGENTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0037062911     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol026212d     Document Type: Article

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