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Showing papers by "Louis J. Farrugia published in 2017"


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TL;DR: A highly diastereoselective synthesis of trifluoromethylated 1,3-dioxanes is described and works efficiently under mild reaction conditions, with a good substrate scope and acceptable to good yields.
Abstract: A highly diastereoselective synthesis of trifluoromethylated 1,3-dioxanes is described. The reaction proceeds by an addition/oxa-Michael sequence and works efficiently under mild reaction conditions, with a good substrate scope and acceptable to good yields.

14 citations


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TL;DR: A series of Ru(II)-benzene organometallic compounds (1, 6) constructed from [RuCl2(η6-benzenes)]2 and chiral aroylthiourea ligands (L1-L6) obtained from D/L-phenylalanine, was fully characterized as mentioned in this paper.

10 citations


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TL;DR: A commentary is given on the article by Dittrich et al.
Abstract: A commentary is given on the article by Dittrich et al. [Acta Cryst. (2017), B73, 794–804] in this issue.