Stereoselective conjugate addition reactions using in situ metal lated terminal alkynes and the development of novel chiral P,N-ligands

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1635-1657

  Fujimori, Shinji ^a   Knöpfel, Thomas F ^a   Zarotti, Pablo ^a   Ichikawa, Takashi ^a   Boyall, Dean ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ACIDS; ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROCARBONS; LIGANDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PORT TERMINALS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ALKYLIDENE; AROMATIC ALKYNES; ASYMMETRIC ADDITION REACTIONS; CONJUGATE ADDITION REACTIONS; CONJUGATE ADDITIONS; COPPER SALTS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE CONJUGATE ADDITIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; IN-SITU; MALONATE; MELDRUM'S ACIDS; METAL SPECIES; STEREOSELECTIVE; TERMINAL ALKYNES; TRIFLATE;

ADDITION REACTIONS;

EID: 54849427261     PISSN: 00092673     EISSN: 13480634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.80.1635     Document Type: Article

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