Asymmetric sulfur ylide reactions with boranes: Scope and limitations, mechanism and understanding

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 47, 2007, Pages 14632-14639

  Fang, Guang Y ^a   Wallner, Olov A ^a   Di Blasio, Nadia ^a   Ginesta, Xavier ^a   Harvey, Jeremy N ^a   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORANES; HOMOLOGATION PRODUCTS;

ALCOHOLS; CONFORMATIONS; DERIVATIVES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SULFUR;

REACTION KINETICS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINE; BORANE DERIVATIVE; BORON DERIVATIVE; CAMPHOR; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; SULFUR YLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 36749053391     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja074110i     Document Type: Article

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