Enantioselective aziridination and amination using p-toluenesulfonyl azide in the presence of Ru(salen)(CO) complex

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 354-355

  Omura, Kazufumi ^a   Murakami, Masakazu ^a   Uchida, Tatsuya ^a   Irie, Ryo ^a   Katsuki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 TOLUENESULFONYLAZIDE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMIDATION; ARTICLE; AZIRIDINATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037487049     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2003.354     Document Type: Article

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