Catalytic asymmetric carbong-carbon bond formation via allylic alkylations with organolithium compounds

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-381

  Pérez, Manuel ^a   Fañanás Mastral, Martín ^a   Bos, Pieter H ^a   Rudolph, Alena ^a   Harutyunyan, Syuzanna R ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKYLATION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79955104749     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1009     Document Type: Article

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