Asymmetric hydrogenation of unfunctionalized, purely alkyl-substituted olefins

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5761, 2006, Pages 642-644

  Bell, Sharon ^a   Wüstenberg, Bettina ^a   Kaiser, Stefan ^a   Menges, Frederik ^a   Netscher, Thomas ^b   Pfaltz, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; HYDROGENATION; INDIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED OLEFINS; CHIRAL INDIUM CATALYSTS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; OPTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; CARBON; GAMMA TOCOTRIENYL ACETATE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; IRIDIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; COVALENT BOND; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 31944450636     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1121977     Document Type: Article

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31. Supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Commission for Technology and Innovation (Switzerland), and DSM Nutritional Products.