C2-symmetric chiral disulfoxide ligands in rhodium-catalyzed 1,4-addition: From ligand synthesis to the enantioselection pathway

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 14335-14347

  Mariz, Ronaldo ^a   Poater, Albert ^b   Gatti, Michele ^a   Drinkel, Emma ^a   Bürgi, Justus J ^a   Luan, Xinjun ^a   Blumentritt, Sascha ^a   Linden, Anthony ^a   Cavallo, Luigi ^c   Dorta, Reto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

asymmetric catalysis; chiral auxiliaries; conjugate addition; enantioselectivity; sulfoxides

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ASYMMETRIC INDUCTION; CATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; CATALYTIC CYCLES; CHIRAL AUXILIARIES; CONJUGATE ADDITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDIES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; ENANTIOSELECTION; IN-DEPTH STUDY; OPTICAL PURITY; PHENYLBORONIC ACIDS; RHODIUM COMPLEXES; RHODIUM-CATALYZED; SULFOXIDES;

CATALYSIS; CHELATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ORGANIC ACIDS; RHODIUM; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

LIGANDS;

EID: 78651243540     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001749     Document Type: Article

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