Enantioselective synthesis of tertiary α-chloro esters by non-covalent catalysis

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 3428-3430

  Liu, Richard Y ^a   Wasa, Masayuki ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Chlorination; Hydrogen bonding; Non covalent interactions; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ESTER DERIVATIVE; KETENE DERIVATIVE; N CHLOROSUCCINIMIDE; SILYL KETENE ACETAL DERIVATIVE; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE; TERTIARY ALPHA CHLORO ESTER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84929957260     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: 18733581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.01.124     Document Type: Article

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