Investigations of enantioreversal in both direct and directed enantioselective aldol reactions catalyzed by CuCl2[(-)-sparteine] and NiCl2[(-)-sparteine] complexes

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2158-2166

  Maheswaran, H ^a   Joseph, P J Amal ^a   Prasanth, K Leon ^a   Priyadarshini, S ^a   Satyanarayana, P ^a   Likhar, Praveen R ^a   Kantam, M Lakshmi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER CHLORIDE; COPPER COMPLEX; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NICKEL COMPLEX; SPARTEINE;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MUKAIYAMA REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956185323     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: 1362511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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