Radical asymmetric intramolecular α-cyclopropanation of aldehydes towards bicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes containing vicinal all-carbon quaternary stereocenters

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Ye, Liu ^a   Gu, Qiang Shuai ^a   Tian, Yu ^a   Meng, Xiang ^a   Chen, Guo Cong ^a   Liu, Xin Yuan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

ALDEHYDE; ASYMMETRY; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROPANE; RADICAL; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPROPANATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 85040774731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02231-7     Document Type: Article

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