Regio- and enantioselective iridium-catalyzed allylation of thiophenol: Synthesis of enantiopure allyl phenyl sulfides

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4454-4457

  Zheng, Shengcai ^a   Gao, Ning ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Liu, Dongge ^a   Zhao, Xiaoming ^a   Cohen, Theodore ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 77957830414     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol101915b     Document Type: Article

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