Asymmetric deprotonation and dearomatising cyclisation of N-benzyl benzamides using chiral lithium amides: Formal synthesis of (-)-kainic acid

Chemical Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-39

  Clayden, Jonathan ^a   Menet, Christel J ^a   Mansfield, Darren J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; KAINIC ACID; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037033282     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: 1364548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b109188c     Document Type: Article

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