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Retrosynthetic Thinking - Essentials and Examples.

E. J. Corey, Chem. Soc. Rev., 1988, 17, 111.

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ODDS AND ENDS/STRATEGIES AND THEORY OF SYNTHESIS



New enantioselective routes to biologically interesting compounds.

E. J. Corey, Pure Appl. Chem., 1990, 62, 1209.

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The logic of chemical synthesis: Multistep synthesis of complex carbogenic molecules (Nobel lecture).

E. J. Corey, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1991, 30, 455.

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ODDS AND ENDS/STRATEGIES AND THEORY OF SYNTHESIS



Catalytic enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions: Methods, mechanistic fundamentals, pathways, and applications

E. J. Corey, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2002, 41, 1650.

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asymmetric catalysis/chiral ligands/cycloaddition/Lewis acids/transition states/STEREOSPECIFIC TOTAL SYNTHESIS/BINAPHTHOL-TITANIUM COMPLEX/KEY TRICYCLIC INTERMEDIATE/GIBBERELLIC-ACID/LEWIS-ACID/ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS/EFFICIENT PREPARATION/CHIRAL CATALYSTS/MOLECULAR-SIEVES/REDUCTION



E. J. Corey, X. Cheng, The Logic of Chemical Synthesis., John Wiley, New York, 1989.

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The catalytic enantioselective construction of molecules with quaternary carbon stereocenters.

E. J. Corey, A. GuzmanPerez, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1998, 37, 388.

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asymmetric catalysis/chirality/enantioselective addition/quaternary stereocenters/total synthesis/ASYMMETRIC HECK REACTION/DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS/IRELAND-CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT/CHIRAL FERROCENYLPHOSPHINE-GOLD(I) COMPLEXES/HOMOALLYLIC ALCOHOL DERIVATIVES/ENANTIOSPECIFIC RING EXPANSION/HYDROGEN INSERTION REACTIONS/PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE/PHASE-TRANSFER CATALYSIS/BETA-SILOXY ALDEHYDES



Reduction of carbonyl compounds with chiral oxazaborolidine catalysts: A new paradigm for enantioselective catalysis and a powerful new synthetic method.

E. J. Corey, C. J. Helal, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1998, 37, 1987.

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asymmetric catalysis/boron/ketones/reductions/total synthesis/LITHIUM ALUMINUM-HYDRIDE/ASYMMETRIC BORANE REDUCTION/ALPHA-HYDROXY ACIDS/AXIALLY DISSYMMETRIC MOLECULES/PLATELET-ACTIVATING-FACTOR/PRODUCT HENNOXAZOLE-A/BETA-AMINO ALCOHOLS/CYCLIC MESO-IMIDES/AROMATIC KETONES/PROCHIRAL KETONES



The formyl C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bond as a critical factor in enantioselective Lewis-acid catalyzed reactions of aldehydes.

E. J. Corey, T. W. Lee, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 2001, 1321.

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DIELS-ALDER REACTION; CARBONYL-ENE REACTIONS; CHIRAL (ACYLOXY)BORANE COMPLEX; TITANIUM ALKOXIDE COMPLEXES; ASYMMETRIC ALDOL REACTION; KETENE SILYL ACETALS; MUKAIYAMA-ALDOL; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL PREFERENCES; ADDITION-REACTION