title: Asymmetric electrocyclic reactions.
abstract: This critical review offers an overview of asymmetric electrocyclic processes, where diastereo- or enantioselectivity is a consequence of the influence of a chiral component (be it substrate or catalyst) on the electrocyclic bond-forming process (195 references).
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Anthony G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Coyne
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Knipe
authors.forename: Martin D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003500:Cyclization; D004583:Electrons; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D013696:Temperature