A highly cis-selective synthesis of 2-ethynylaziridines by intramolecular amination of chiral bromoallenes: Improvement of stereoselectivity based on the computational investigation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 51, 2002, Pages 15255-15266

  Ohno, Hiroaki ^a   Ando, Kaori ^b   Hamaguchi, Hisao ^a   Takeoka, Yusuke ^a   Tanaka, Tetsuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

INTRAMOLECULAR AMINATION;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALLENE DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CIS ISOMER; CYCLIZATION; SOLVATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0347928822     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0262277     Document Type: Article

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