Enantioselective epoxidation of α,β-enones promoted by α,α-diphenyl-L-prolinol as bifunctional organocatalyst

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2579-2582

  Lattanzi, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; KETONE; PROLINOL; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 28544451072     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050694m     Document Type: Article

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