Golden opportunities in stereoselective catalysis: Optimization of chirality transfer and catalyst efficiency in the gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of α-hydroxyallenes to 2,5-dihydrofurans

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1790-1794

  Deutsch, Carl ^a   Gockel, Birgit ^a   Hoffmann Röder, Anja ^a,b   Krause, Norbert ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allenes; Chirality transfer; Cycloisomerization; Gold catalysis; Heterocycles

Indexed keywords

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; 2,5 DIHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVE; ACETONITRILE; ALLENE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA HYDROXYALLENE DERIVATIVE; BETA HYDROXYALLENE DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GOLD; GOLD CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; EPIMERIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 34447499044     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-982561     Document Type: Article

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