Pericyclic cascade with chirality transfer: reaction pathway and origin of enantioselectivity of the hetero-Claisen approach to oxindoles.
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SUBMITTER: Celebi-Olcum N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3269961 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
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Pericyclic cascade with chirality transfer: reaction pathway and origin of enantioselectivity of the hetero-Claisen approach to oxindoles.
Çelebi-Ölçüm Nihan N Lam Yu-hong YH Richmond Edward E Ling Kenneth B KB Smith Andrew D AD Houk Kendall N KN
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20111004 48
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