Asymmetric photoredox transition-metal catalysis activated by visible light

Nature

Volumn 515, Issue 7525, 2014, Pages 100-103

  Huo, Haohua ^a   Shen, Xiaodong ^a   Wang, Chuanyong ^a   Zhang, Lilu ^a   Röse, Philipp ^a   Chen, Liang An ^b   Harms, Klaus ^a   Marsch, Michael ^a   Hilt, Gerhard ^a   Meggers, Eric ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL BROMIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; LEWIS ACID;

ALKYLATION; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LETTER; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE;

EID: 84922773549     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13892     Document Type: Letter

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