Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation reactions catalyzed by a chiral nonracemic C2-symmetric 2,2′-bipyridyl copper(II) complex

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 901-904

  Lyle, Michael P A ^a   Draper, Neil D ^a   Wilson, Peter D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; COPPER COMPLEX; ESTER DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 15044357098     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050075d     Document Type: Article

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