Stereoselective transformations of trihalomethylcarbinols induced by chromous chloride

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2008-2011

  Bejot, Romain ^b   Tisserand, Steve ^b   Ready, L Manmohan ^a   Barma, Deb K ^a   Baati, Rachid ^b   Falck, J R ^a   Mioskowski, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Chromium; Isotopic labeling; Rearrangement; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; HYDROGEN; OLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION;

CHEMICAL EQUATION; HALOENOL; HYDROGEN MIGRATION; STEREOSELECTIVE REARRANGEMENT;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTER; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; METHANOL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CHLORIDES; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; METHANOL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 16844375730     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200461884     Document Type: Article

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