Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric Ullmann Coupling for the synthesis of axially chiral tetra-ortho-substituted biaryl dials

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1072-1075

  Chen, Wen Wen ^a   Zhao, Qian ^a   Xu, Ming Hua ^a,b   Lin, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77749298247     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1000632     Document Type: Article

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