Stereoselective synthesis of trans β-lactams through iridium-catalyzed reductive coupling of imines and acrylates

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2537-2540

  Townes, Jennifer A ^a   Evans, Michael A ^a   Queffelec, Jerome ^a   Taylor, Steven J ^a   Morken, James P ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA LACTAM; IMINE; IRIDIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACRYLATES; BETA-LACTAMS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; IMINES; IRIDIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0041382872     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol020106u     Document Type: Article

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