Solvent effects on the steric course of the [2,3]-wittig rearrangement of (S,E)-[3-(Allyloxy)prop-1-ene-1,3-diyl]dibenzene and derivatives

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 34, 2010, Pages 6643-6650

  Ikemoto, Hidaka ^a   Sasaki, Michiko ^a   Takeda, Kei ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbanions; Chirality; Configuration determination; Rearrangement; Wittig reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649544309     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201001061     Document Type: Article

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