Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of α,β-unsaturated phosphane oxides with a Y(O-iPr)3/biphenyldiol complex

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1500-1504

  Hara, Keiichi ^a   Park, So Young ^a   Yamagiwa, Noriyuki ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Biaryldiols; Epoxidation; Organo phosphorus compounds; Yttrium

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHINE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDES; PHENOLS; PHOSPHINES; STEREOISOMERISM; YTTRIUM;

EID: 54849411260     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200800035     Document Type: Article

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