Asymmetric electrocyclic reactions

2011/01/01 by Sam Thompson, Anthony G. Coyne, Peter C. Knipe +1 · 84 citations
Chemistry · #Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis #Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis #Catalysis #Chemistry #Electrocyclic reaction #Organic chemistry #Ring (chemistry) #Substrate (aquarium) #Synthesis of β-Lactam Compounds

paper · doi:10.1039/c1cs15022g

published in Chemical Society Reviews 40(7), 4217 (Royal Society of Chemistry)

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Abstract

This critical review offers an overview of asymmetric electrocyclic processes, where diastereo- or enantioselectivity is a consequence of the influence of a chiral component (be it substrate or catalyst) on the electrocyclic bond-forming process (195 references).

Citations

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