Asymmetric allylic substitution catalyzed by C1-symmetrical complexes of molybdenum: Structural requirements of the ligand and the stereochemical course of the reaction

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6910-6929

  Malkov, Andrei V ^a   Gouriou, Laure ^b   Lloyd Jones, Guy C ^b   Starý, Ivo ^a,c   Langer, Vratislav ^d   Spoor, Paul ^e   Vinader, Victoria ^f   Kočovský, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allylic substitution; Asymmetric catalysis; Chiral ligands; Deuterium labeling; Memory effect; Molybdenum

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTION; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHIRAL LIGANDS; DEUTERIUM LABELING;

CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

MOLYBDENUM;

ALLYL COMPOUND; LIGAND; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33748550311     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501574     Document Type: Article

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