Highly site- and enantioselective Cu-catalyzed allylic alkylation reactions with easily accessible vinylaluminum reagents

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 446-447

  Lee, Yunmi ^a   Akiyama, Katsuhiro ^a   Gillingham, Dennis G ^a   Brown, M Kevin ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; COPPER; REAGENT; ALLYL COMPOUND; ALUMINUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; METALLATION; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKYLATION; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINUM; CATALYSIS; COPPER; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 40149087402     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0782192     Document Type: Article

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