Dynamic control of chirality in phosphine ligands for enantioselective catalysis

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Depeng ^a   Neubauer, Thomas M ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; PALLADIUM; PHOSPHINE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DRUG; LIGAND; PALLADIUM; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ISOMERIZATION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84925808778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7652     Document Type: Article

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