Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitutions

Topics in Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-208

  Liu, Wen Bo ^a   Xia, Ji Bao ^a   You, Shu Li ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Allylic substitution; Asymmetric catalysis; Enantioselectivity; Iridium; Regioselectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055185502     PISSN: 14366002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3418_2011_10     Document Type: Article

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