Pd-catalyzed cleavage of benzylic nitro bonds: New opportunities for asymmetric synthesis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2078-2081

  Fessard, Thomas C ^a   Motoyoshi, Hajime ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cleavage reactions; Nitro compounds; Palladium; Reduction; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CLEAVAGE REACTIONS; STEREOGENIC CENTER; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34250865131     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604263     Document Type: Article

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