Enantiospecific Trifluoromethyl-Radical-Induced Three-Component Coupling of Boronic Esters with Furans

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1810-1814

  Wang, Yahui ^a   Noble, Adam ^a   Sandford, Christopher ^a   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boronic esters; cross coupling; furans; stereospecificity; trifluoromethylation

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REAGENTS;

BORONIC ESTERS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; FURANS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TRIFLUOROMETHYLATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85009826770     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611058     Document Type: Article

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