Catalytic, enantioselective synthesis of α-aminonitriles with a novel zirconium catalyst

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3186-3188

  Ishitani, Haruro ^a,b   Komiyama, Susumu ^a,b   Kobayashi, Shu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Asymmetric catalysis; Asymmetric synthesis; Lewis acids; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITRILE; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032484050     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981204)37:22<3186::AID-ANIE3186>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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