Cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation with diazosulfones: Rigidification and polarization of ligand chiral environment via hydrogen bonding and cyclization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5042-5043

  Zhu, Shifa ^a   Ruppel, Joshua V ^a   Lu, Hongjian ^a   Wojtas, Lukasz ^a   Zhang, X Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO COMPOUND; COBALT; COPPER; NITRILE; RHENIUM; RUTHENIUM; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPROPANATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; POLARIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALKENES; CATALYSIS; COBALT; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPROPANES; DIAZONIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN BONDING; IONS; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PORPHYRINS; STEREOISOMERISM; STYRENE; SULFANILIC ACIDS; SULFONES;

EID: 42149113413     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja7106838     Document Type: Article

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