Dinuclear zinc-ProPhenol-catalyzed enantioselective α-hydroxyacetate aldol reaction with activated ester equivalents

Organic Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4516-4519

  Trost, Barry M ^a   Michaelis, David J ^a   Truica, Mihai I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; ESTER; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; KETONE; LACTONE; PELORUSIDE A; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; ESTERS; KETONES; LACTONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLES; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 84883827076     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol402081p     Document Type: Article

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