Organocatalytic enantioselective photoreactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2168-2171

  Wessig, Pablo ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Enantioselectivity; Photochemistry; Photoinduced electron transfer; Sensitizers

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; SENSITIZERS;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 33745333009     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503908     Document Type: Review

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