Highly stereoselective [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of sulfur ylide generated through Cu(I) carbene and sulfides

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 15016-15017

  Ma, Ming ^a   Peng, Lingling ^a   Li, Changkun ^a   Zhang, Xiu ^a   Wang, Jianbo ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; COPPER; LIGAND; SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULFUR YLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRAL CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHIRALITY; COVALENT BOND; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 27544467423     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja055021d     Document Type: Article

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