Copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of alkylzirconium reagents to cyclic enones to form quaternary centers

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 104-111

  Roth, Philippe M C ^a   Sidera, Mireia ^a   Maksymowicz, Rebecca M ^a   Fletcher, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 2 CYCLOHEXENONE; 3 METHYL 3 (4 PHENYLBUTYL)CYCLOHEXANONE; ALKYLZIRCONIUM; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; COPPER COMPLEX; CYCLOHEXANONE DERIVATIVE; PENT 4 EN 1 YLBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONJUGATION; ENANTIOMER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALKENES; CARBON; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; CYCLOHEXANONES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84891710610     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.169     Document Type: Article

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