A new and efficient catalytic isomerization of cis- and trans-epoxides

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3143-3146

  Lo, Ching Yu ^a   Pal, Sitaram ^a   Odedra, Arjan ^a   Liu, Rai Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON; EPOXIDE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CIS ISOMER; ENANTIOMER; EPIMERIZATION; ISOMERISM; TRANS ISOMER;

EID: 0037424743     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)00465-9     Document Type: Article

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