Highly active chiral ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts through a monosubstitution in the N-heterocyclic carbene

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3972-3975

  Tiede, Sascha ^a   Berger, Anke ^a   Schlesiger, David ^a   Rost, Daniel ^a   Lühl, Anja ^a,b   Blechert, Siegfried ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Asymmetric catalysis; N heterocyclic carbenes; Olefin metathesis; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ASYMMETRIC RINGS; CARBON ATOMS; CROSS METATHESIS; HIGH ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; METATHESIS CATALYSTS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; OLEFIN METATHESIS; RUTHENIUM METATHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; OLEFINS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RUTHENIUM;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77953001933     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000940     Document Type: Article

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