Highly enantio- and regioselective quinone Diels-Alder reactions catalyzed by a tridentate [(Schiff base)CrIII] complex

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 6043-6046

  Jarvo, Elizabeth R ^a   Lawrence, Brian M ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Chromium; Cycloaddition; Quinones; Schiff bases

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; CHROMIUM; MONOMERS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CYCLOADDITION; QUINONES; SCHIFF BASES;

COMPLEXATION;

BENZOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM; SCHIFF BASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BENZOQUINONES; CATALYSIS; CHROMIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SCHIFF BASES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 25144436523     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502176     Document Type: Article

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