Highly Enantioselective Ring Opening of Epoxides Catalyzed by (salen)Cr(III) Complexes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 1995, Pages 5897-5898

  Martínez, Luis E ^a   Leighton, James L ^a   Carsten, Douglas H ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345664754     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00126a048     Document Type: Article

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