Stereochemical consequences of threefold symmetry in asymmetric catalysis: Distorting C3 chiral 1,1,1-tris(oxazolinyl)ethanes ("trisox") in CuII lewis acid catalysts

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 35, 2007, Pages 9912-9923

  Foltz, Carole ^a   Stecker, Björn ^a   Marconi, Guido ^a   Bellemin Laponnaz, Stéphane ^b   Wadepohl, Hubert ^a   Gade, Lutz H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Chirality; Copper; Threefold symmetry; Trisoxazolines

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ETHANE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BISOXAZOLINE (BOX); LEWIS ACID CATALYSTS; TRISOXAZOLINES;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 37249007773     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200701085     Document Type: Article

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