γ-Selective allylic substitution reaction with Grignard reagents catalyzed by copper N-heterocyclic carbene complexes and its application to enantioselective synthesis

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 5585-5588

  Tominaga, Satoshi ^a   Oi, Yukinao ^a   Kato, Toshio ^a   An, Duk Keun ^a,b   Okamoto, Sentaro ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allylic substitution; Asymmetric reaction; N Heterocyclic carbene; Organocopper

Indexed keywords

CARBENOID; COPPER DERIVATIVE; N HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLYLIC REARRANGEMENT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; GRIGNARD REACTION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042577485     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.05.135     Document Type: Article

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