A versatile and stereoselective synthesis of fnnctionalized cyclobutenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 5672-5676

  Frébault, Frédéric ^a   Luparia, Marco ^a   Oliveira, Maria Teresa ^a   Goddard, Richard ^a   Maulide, Nuno ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azlactones; Cyclobutenes; Palladium; Photochemistry; Stereoselective reactions

Indexed keywords

AZLACTONES; ECONOMICAL METHODS; FUNCTIONALIZED; PHOTOCHEMICAL ISOMERIZATION; STEREOSELECTIVE REACTIONS; STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS;

BUTENES; HYDROCARBONS; PALLADIUM;

STEREOSELECTIVITY;

AZABICYCLO DERIVATIVE; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; PALLADIUM; PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLOBUTANES; LACTONES; PALLADIUM; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PYRONES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77955341231     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000911     Document Type: Article

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