Metal-controlled reversal of enantioselectivity in catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening reactions of meso-epoxides in water

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 904-905

  Kokubo, Masaya ^a,b   Naito, Takeshi ^a,b   Kobayashi, Shu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 77950376933     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2009.904     Document Type: Article

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