Chiral oxazolines and their legacy in asymmetric carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6137-6151

  Meyers, Albert I ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALCOHOLS; ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPLEXATION; ORGANOMETALLICS;

AMINO ALCOHOLS; BOND-FORMING REACTIONS; CHIRAL OXAZOLINES; PRECOMPLEXATION;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACID; AMINOALCOHOL; CARBON; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; OXAZOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON; CHELATING AGENTS; COENZYMES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAD; NAPHTHALENES; OXAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 23044473699     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo050470h     Document Type: Review

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