Catalytic enantioselective 1,6-conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to linear dienoates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 398-401

  Den Hartog, Tim ^a   Harutyunyan, Syuzanna R ^a   Font, Daniel ^a   Minnaard, Adriaan J ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1,6 Conjugate addition; Asymmetric catalysis; Copper; Enantioselectivity; Grignard reaction

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COPPER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

1,6-CONJUGATE ADDITION; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; GRIGNARD REACTION;

ESTERS;

EID: 38049058696     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200703702     Document Type: Article

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