The syn/anti-dichotomy in the palladium-catalyzed addition of nucleophiles to alkenes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-56

  Kočovský, Pavel ^a,b,c   Bäckvall, Jan E ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Catalysis; Nucleophilic addition; Palladium; Stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN; OLEFINS; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; INTERMOLECULAR ADDITIONS; NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; OXYGEN AND NITROGENS; PALLADIUM COMPLEXES; PALLADIUM-CATALYZED; WACKER OXIDATION;

NUCLEOPHILES;

EID: 84920587987     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404070     Document Type: Article

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