Zirconium(IV)- and hafnium(IV)-catalyzed highly enantioselective epoxidation of homoallylic and bishomoallylic alcohols

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7878-7880

  Li, Zhi ^a   Yamamoto, Hisashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC EPOXIDATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE EPOXIDATION; EPOXY ALCOHOLS; HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOL; POLAR ADDITIVES; TETRA-HYDROFURAN;

EPOXIDATION; HAFNIUM; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; SIEVES; ZIRCONIUM;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; HAFNIUM; HAFNIUM (IV); HYDROXAMIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM (IV);

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EPOXIDATION;

CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; HAFNIUM; PROPANOLS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 77953307917     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja100951u     Document Type: Article

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