Tandem Nazarov cyclization-Michael addition sequence catalyzed by an Ir(III) complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5312-5313

  Janka, Mesfin ^a   He, Wei ^a   Haedicke, Inga E ^a   Fronczek, Frank R ^b   Frontier, Alison J ^a   Eisenberg, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM COMPLEX;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYCLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DIASTEREOISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; MICHAEL ADDITION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646461000     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja058772o     Document Type: Article

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