Bidentate NHC-based chiral ligands for efficient Cu-catalyzed enantioselective allylic alkylations: Structure and activity of an air-stable chiral Cu complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 36, 2004, Pages 11130-11131

  Larsen, Andrew O ^a   Leu, Wenhao ^a   Oberhuber, Christina Nieto ^a   Campbell, John E ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; CARBENOID; COPPER; COPPER COMPLEX; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; LIGAND;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OPTICAL ROTATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALKYLATION; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 1-RING; HYDROCARBONS; LIGANDS; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 4544235332     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja046245j     Document Type: Article

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