The inner-sphere process in the enantioselective Tsuji allylation reaction with (S)-t-Bu-phosphinooxazoline liqands

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 39, 2007, Pages 11876-11877

  Keith, John A ^b   Behenna, Douglas C ^a   Mohr, Justin T ^a   Ma, Sandy ^a   Marinescu, Smaranda C ^a   Oxgaard, Jonas ^b   Stoltz, Brian M ^a   Goddard III, William A ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM COMPLEX; TERT BUTYL PHOSPHOINOOXAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DECARBOXYLATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTION ANALYSIS; TSUJI ALLYLATION REACTION;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIGANDS; OXAZOLES; PALLADIUM; PHOSPHINES; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34848926246     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja070516j     Document Type: Article

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