New aspects in aluminium promoted organic synthesis

In the first chapter of this thesis the aluminium promoted zinc Schlenk equilibrium of FG-ArZnX/AlMe3 is shown to provide good access for the synthesis of chiral secondary alcohols. This practical asymmetric 1,2-addition to aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes uses only commercially available reagents a...

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Main Author: Glynn, Daniel Joseph
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12048/