Diastereoselective zinco-cyclopropanation of chiral allylic alcohols with gem-dizinc carbenoids

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 38, 2005, Pages 13140-13141

  Fournier, Jean François ^a   Mathieu, Simon ^a   Charette, André B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALLYL COMPOUND; CARBENOID DERIVATIVE; DIZINC CARBENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PROCESS MODEL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPROPANES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROPANOLS; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 25444471575     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja054328+     Document Type: Article

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