ClickFerrophos: New chiral ferrocenyl phosphine ligands synthesized by click chemistry and the use of their metal complexes as catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation and allylic substitution

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 5557-5560

  Fukuzawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Oki, Hiroshi ^a   Hosaka, Mitsuteru ^a   Sugasawa, Jun ^a   Kikuchi, Satoshi ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 38349141018     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702519f     Document Type: Article

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