Asymmetric hydrogenation using monodentate phosphoramidite ligands

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1267-1277

  Minnaard, Adriaan J ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a   Lefort, Laurent ^b   De Vries, Johannes G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DSM Pharmaceutical Products   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; LIGAND; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHOSPHORAMIDOUS ACID; RHODIUM;

CHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; REVIEW; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; HYDROGENATION; LIGANDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 38049033351     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar7001107     Document Type: Review

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