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Simple, but Challenging: Recent Developments in the Asymmetric Synthesis of Spiroketals
Author(s) -
Wilsdorf Michael,
Reissig HansUlrich
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201203847
Subject(s) - enantioselective synthesis , organocatalysis , simple (philosophy) , chemistry , nanotechnology , catalysis , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , philosophy , epistemology
Impressive and elegant approaches to the enantioselective synthesis of spiroketals starting from achiral substrates have been described recently. These strategies based on transition‐metal catalysis and organocatalysis hold great potential for further applications.