Asymmetric dihydroxylation of β,γ-unsaturated carboxylic esters with trisubstituted C=C bonds - Enantioselective syntheses of trisubstituted γ-butyrolactones

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2119-2133

  Kapferer, Tobias ^a   Brückner, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

, Unsaturated carboxylic esters; Asymmetric dihydroxylation; Butyrolactones; Stereoselective synthesis; Wolff rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646388392     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500963     Document Type: Article

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