Titanium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Additions of Alkyl Groups to Aldehydes: Mechanistic Studies and New Concepts in Asymmetric Catalysis

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 739-749

  Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ALKYL GROUP; AMINOALCOHOL; LIGAND; SULFONAMIDE; TITANIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHOLS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFONAMIDES; TITANIUM; ZINC;

EID: 0142213275     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0300219     Document Type: Article

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