Homogeneous pd-catalyzed enantioselective decarboxylative protonation

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1039-1042

  Marinescu, Smaranda C ^a   Nishimata, Toyoki ^a   Mohr, Justin T ^a   Stoltz, Brian M ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PALLADIUM; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PALLADIUM; PROTONS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 45549100093     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702821j     Document Type: Article

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