On-step synthesis of a bifunctional BINOL ligand for the highly enantioselective cyanation of aliphatic aldehydes

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2381-2383

  Qin, Ying Chuan ^a   Liu, Lan ^a   Pu, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2' DIHYDROXY 1,1' BINAPHTHYL; ALDEHYDE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; CYANIDE; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CYANATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CYANIDES; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHOLS; STEREOISOMERISM; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 20544468477     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050660e     Document Type: Article

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