A two-step asymmetric synthesis of pure trans-(R,R)-diaryl-epoxides

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1783-1788

  Solladié Cavallo, Arlette ^a   Diep Vohuule, Anh ^a   Sunjic, Vitomir ^b   Vinkovic, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

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ARTICLE; ENANTIOMER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0042523205     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0957-4166(96)00213-3     Document Type: Article

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