Enantiospecific sp2 -sp3 coupling of secondary and tertiary boronic esters

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 584-589

  Bonet, Amadeu ^a   Odachowski, Marcin ^a   Leonori, Daniele ^a   Essafi, Stephanie ^a   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

BORON; BORONIC ACIDS; ESTERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 84903219214     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1971     Document Type: Article

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