Bis-exo-2-norbornylboron triflate for stereospecific enolization of 3,3,3-trifluoropropionates

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4474-4477

  Ramachandran, P Veeraraghavan ^a   Parthasarathy, Gowrisankar ^a   Gagare, Pravin D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NORBORNENE; 2-NORBORNENE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; METHYLDOPA; NORBORNANE DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; METHYLDOPA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NORBORNANES; PROPIONATES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77957825063     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1016178     Document Type: Article

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