Enantioselective catalytic carbonyl-ene cyclization reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1469-1472

  Grachan, Melissa L ^a   Tudge, Matthew T ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Asymmetric catalysis; Chromium; Cyclization; Ene reaction

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMIUM; CYCLIZATION;

ALKENYL; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CYCLIZATION REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENE REACTION; ENE REACTIONS; SCHIFF-BASE;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

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

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 39849102738     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704439     Document Type: Article

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