Highly enantioselective cyclizations of conjugated trienes with low catalyst loadings: A robust chiral N-heterocyclic carbene enabled by acetic acid cocatalyst

Organic Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 858-861

  Liu, Guansai ^a   Wilkerson, Phillip D ^a   Toth, Christopher A ^a   Xu, Hao ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; KINETICS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ACETIC ACID; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84863012239     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol203375y     Document Type: Article

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