Highly efficient copper(I) iodide-tolyl-BINAP-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of methylmagnesium bromide to α,β-unsaturated esters

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 673-677

  Wang, Shun Yi ^a,b   Lum, Tze Keong ^a   Ji, Shun Jun ^b   Loh, Teck Peng ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C C bond formation; Conjugate addition; Copper(I) iodide; Methylmagnesium bromide; Tolyl BINAP

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049097311     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700567     Document Type: Article

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