Chiral Counterion Strategy in Cu-Catalyzed
Asymmetric Allylic Oxidation of Linear Alkenes

• Authors: Celia A. Incerti-Pradillos , Daniel Hudson , Andrei V. Malkov
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Keywords

EN

allylic oxidation; allylic esters; asymmetriccatalysis; chiral counterion; chiral phosphates; regioselectivity

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Asymmetric Catalysis
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

14 - 7 - 2015

online

25 - 9 - 2015

accepted

29 - 7 - 2015

Contributors

author

Celia A. Incerti-Pradillos

• Department of Chemistry,
  Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics., LE11 3TU, UK

author

Daniel Hudson

• Department of Chemistry,
  Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics., LE11 3TU, UK

author

Andrei V. Malkov

• Department of Chemistry,
  Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics., LE11 3TU, UK

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/asorg-2015-0005