Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric cross-couplings of racemic propargylic halides with arylzinc reagents

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 12645-12647

  Smith, Sean W ^a   Fu, Gregory C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HALIDE; LITHIUM SALT; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTUM YIELD; RACEMIC MIXTURE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ALKYNES; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CATALYSIS; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PARGYLINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; ZINC;

EID: 52449132069     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja805165y     Document Type: Article

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