Asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formations by conjugate additions of lithiated N-Boc allylic amines to nitroalkenes: Enantioselective synthesis of functionalized cyclopentanoids

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2747-2749

  Johnson, Timothy A ^a   Curtis, Michael D ^a,b   Beak, Peter ^a  

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

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; AMINE; CARBON; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; AMINES; CARBON; CYCLOPENTANES; LITHIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0037043533     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol026277g     Document Type: Article

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