Lewis acid catalyzed allylboration: Discovery, optimization, and application to the formation of stereogenic quaternary carbon centers

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4412-4428

  Kennedy, Jason W J ^a   Hall, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALLYLBORATION; LEWIS ACIDS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALLYL COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYROLACTONE; CARBENE; CARBON; ESTER DERIVATIVE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID;

ADDITION REACTION; ALLYLBORATION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042739843     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo049773m     Document Type: Article

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