A readily available chiral Ag-based N-heterocyclic carbene complex for use in efficient and highly enantioselective Ru-catalyzed olefin metathesis and Cu-catalyzed allylic alkylation reactions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6877-6882

  Van Veldhuizen, Joshua J ^a   Campbell, John E ^a   Giudici, Russell E ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; COPPER; FREE RADICALS; ISOMERS; OLEFINS; RUTHENIUM; SILVER; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALLYLIC ALKYLATIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE (NHC); REACTIVITY;

CARBON;

ALKENE; AMINOALCOHOL; CARBENOID; COPPER; DIAMINE; LIGAND; N HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; RUTHENIUM; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; ALKYLATION; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; IMIDAZOLINES; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM; SILVER; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 18644377613     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja050179j     Document Type: Article

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