Enantioselective preparation of 1,1-diarylethanes: Aldehydes as removable steering groups for asymmetric synthesis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 48, 2007, Pages 9331-9334

  Fessard, Thomas C ^a   Andrews, Stephen P ^a   Motoyoshi, Hajime ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Cleavage reactions; Decarbonylation; Diarylethanes; Synthesis design

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CARBONYLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PARAFFINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; DECARBONYLATION; SYNTHESIS DESIGN;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

ALDEHYDE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; BORONIC ACIDS; ETHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 37349031135     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702995     Document Type: Article

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