Asymmetric skeletal rearrangement of symmetrically α,α-disubstituted α-amino aldehydes: A new entry to optically active α-hydroxy ketones

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3220-3221

  Ooi, Takashi ^a   Saito, Akira ^a   Maruoka, Keiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA AMINO ACID; ALPHA HYDROXY KETONE DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; OPTICAL ROTATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PURIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; AMINES; KETONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037454306     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0292851     Document Type: Article

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