Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of flavanones and chromanones

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3830-3831

  Biddle, Margaret M ^a   Lin, Michael ^a   Scheidt, Karl A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CHROMANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS;

ANTHRAQUINONES; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DECARBOXYLATION; FLAVANONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34247167637     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja070394v     Document Type: Article

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