Asymmetric Synthesis

The preparation and properties of tris(triphenylphosphine)halogenorhodium(I) and some reactions thereof including catalytic homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins and acetylenes and their derivatives

John A. Osborn, F. H. Jardine, J.F. Young et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical · 1966 · 1.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +13

Asymmetric catalytic reduction with transition metal complexes. I. Catalytic system of rhodium(I) with (-)-2,3-0-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane, a new chiral diphosphine

Henri B. Kagan, Tuan-Phat Dang · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1972 · 1K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +7

New Type of Asymmetric Cyclization to Optically Active Steroid CD Partial Structures

Ulrich Eder, Gerhard Sauer, Rudolf Wiechert · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1971 · 1K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +12

Simple stereoselective version of the Claisen rearrangement leading to trans-trisubstituted olefinic bonds. Synthesis of squalene

William S. Johnson, Lucius Werthemann, William R. Bartlett et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1970 · 629 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Natural Product Biosynthesis +8

Asymmetric catalytic reduction with transition metal complexes. II. Asymmetric catalysis by a supported chiral rhodium complex

Willy Dumont, J.C. Poulin, Dang Tuan Phat et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1973 · 329 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +11