Quasi Solvent-Free Enantioselective Carbonyl-Ene Reaction with Extremely Low Catalyst Loading

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 44, 2003, Pages 5478-5480

  Yuan, Yu ^a   Zhang, Xue ^a   Ding, Kuiling ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Carbonyl ene reaction; Ligand effects; Titanium

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; MIXING; OLEFINS; SOLVENTS;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITIES;

CATALYSTS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0344011477     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200352535     Document Type: Article

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