Enantiospecific synthesis of vicinal stereogenic tertiary and quaternary centers by combination of configurationally-trapped radical pairs in crystalline solids

Organic Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2531-2534

  Ellison, Martha E ^a   Ng, Danny ^a   Dang, Hung ^a   Garcia Garibay, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2 CARBOMETHOXY 4 CYANO 2,4 DIPHENYL 3 BUTANONE; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL; DECARBONYLATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0141634151     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0347803     Document Type: Article

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