A versatile new synthesis of organic compounds with chiral methyl groups: stereochemistry of protolytic rhenium-carbon bond cleavage in chiral alkyl complexes (. eta. …

EJ O'Connor, M Kobayashi, HG Floss…

Index: O'Connor,E.J.; Kobayashi,M.; Floss,H.G. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1987 , vol. 109, p. 4837

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Abstract

Asymmetric organic synthesis has evolved in sophistication to the stage where several classes of chiral molecules are now easily synthesized in optically pure form. Both chemical and enzymatic methodologies have been developed, and the former, which are often more amenable to laboratory study, have provided important insights into the mechanisms of biological stereogenesis. In this paper, we describe a versatile, convenient, metal- ...