Acid-promoted rearrangement of 2-aryl-2,3-epoxy acylates: construction of chiral benzylic quaternary carbon centers

A stable and easily prepared catalyst for the enantioselective reduction of ketones. Applications to multistep syntheses

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High stereo- and regioselectivities in the transition metal catalyzed epoxidations of olefinic alcohols by tert-butyl hydroperoxide

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +8

Indium(III) Chloride-Promoted Rearrangement of Epoxides: A Selective Synthesis of Substituted Benzylic Aldehydes and Ketones

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +15

Stereoselective and Stereospecific Reactions. III. Benzoylation, Cyclfzation, and Epimerization of Diols

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +8

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Fredericamycin A

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