Enantioselective electrophilic aromatic nitration methodology is needed to advance chirality‐assisted synthesis (CAS). Reported here is an enantioselective aromatic nitration strategy operating with chiral diester auxiliaries, and it provides an enantioselective synthesis of a
Enantioselective electrophilic aromatic nitration methodology is needed to advance chirality‐assisted synthesis (CAS). Reported here is an enantioselective aromatic nitration strategy operating with chiral diester auxiliaries, and it provides an enantioselective synthesis of a
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10081594
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Volume:
- 58
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 1433-7851
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 1035-1040
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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