Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of indanes by a cation-directed 5-endo-trig cyclization

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-177

  Johnston, Craig P ^a   Kothari, Abhishek ^a   Sergeieva, Tetiana ^b   Okovytyy, Sergiy I ^b   Jackson, Kelvin E ^a   Paton, Robert S ^a   Smith, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OLES HONCHAR DNIPRO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

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EID: 84922952673     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2150     Document Type: Article

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