Advances in acyl anion and homoenolate catalysis

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-703

  Johson, J S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzoin; Carbene; Cyanide; Homoenolate; Metallophosphite; Stetter; Umpolung

Indexed keywords

ACYL ANION; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ANION; ATORVASTATIN; BENZOIN; CARBENE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYANIDE; CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; HOMOENOLATE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION; ADDITION REACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ACYLATION; ANIONS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; DRUG DESIGN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 35948953582     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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