Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation in the synthesis of cyclopentanoid and cycloheptanoid core structures bearing all-carbon quaternary stereocenters

Tetrahedron

Volumn 67, Issue 52, 2011, Pages 10234-10248

  Hong, Allen Y ^a   Bennett, Nathan B ^a   Krout, Michael R ^a   Jensen, Thomas ^a   Harned, Andrew M ^a   Stoltz, Brian M ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA HYDROXYKETONE DERIVATIVE; BETA KETOESTER DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEPTANOID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEPTENONE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANOID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; KETONE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PALLADIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 82255186598     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.10.031     Document Type: Article

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