An investigation into the allylic imidate rearrangement of trichloroacetimidates catalysed by cobalt oxazoline palladacycles

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 10216-10224

  Nomura, Hiroshi ^a   Richards, Christopher J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allylic compounds; Asymmetric catalysis; Ligand effects; Metallocenes; Palladium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ENANTIOMERS; LIGANDS; ORGANOMETALLICS;

ALLYLIC COMPOUNDS; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BRIDGING GROUPS; TRICHLOROACETIMIDATES;

PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMIDE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; COBALT; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMIDE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COBALT; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; IMIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXAZOLES; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 38049156262     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700873     Document Type: Article

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