Silver(I)-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Synthesis of anti-1,2-Hydroxyboronates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 14141-14145

  Joannou, Matthew V ^a   Moyer, Brandon S ^a   Goldfogel, Matthew J ^a   Meek, Simon J ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohols; asymmetric catalysis; boron; diastereoselectivity; silver

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BORON; CATALYSIS; SILVER;

ALKENYL; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC PROTOCOL; DIASTEREO-SELECTIVITY; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; PROTOCOL CANS; SILVERS (I);

STEREOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 84954455972     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507171     Document Type: Article

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