Catalytic enantioselective C-C bond forming conjugate additions with vinyl sulfones

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 8948-8949

  Li, Hongming ^a   Song, Jun ^a   Liu, Xiaofeng ^a   Deng, Li ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA PHENYL ALPHA CYANOACETATE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL SULFONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONJUGATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFONES; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 21244480844     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0511063     Document Type: Article

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