A mechanistic and structural investigation of the (-)-sparteine mediated asymmetric benzylic lithiation substitution reactions of N-Boc-N-(p-methoxyphenyl)benzylamine

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 48, 1997, Pages 11561-11570

  Faibish, Neil C ^a   Park, Yong Sun ^a   Lee, Steven ^a   Beak, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031468512     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja972225o     Document Type: Article

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