Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric dearomatization of naphthalene derivatives

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6676-6677

  García Fortanet, Jorge ^a   Kessler, Florian ^a   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DEAROMATIZATION; ELECTROPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HIGH YIELD; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVES; SYNTHETIC CHEMISTS;

NAPHTHALENE;

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CARBAZOLES; CATALYSIS; NAPHTHALENES; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 67650550449     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9025193     Document Type: Article

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