An organocatalytic oxidative coupling strategy for the direct synthesis of arylated quaternary stereogenic centers

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4901-4904

  Bogle, Katherine M ^a   Hirst, David J ^b   Dixon, Darren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CATECHOL; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENYLACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

BENZOQUINONES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CATALYSIS; CATECHOLS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENYLACETATES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 36348935166     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702277v     Document Type: Article

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