An efficient approach to chiral fullerene derivatives by catalytic enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 578-582

  Filippone, Salvatore ^a   Maroto, Enrique E ^a   Martín Domenech, Ángel ^a   Suarez, Margarita ^a,b   Martín, Nazario ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PYRROLIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70349558255     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.361     Document Type: Article

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