Highly enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed nitro-mannich reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 466-468

  Yoon, Tehshik P ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amines; Asymmetric catalysis; Diastereoselectivity; Enantioselectivity; Mannich reaction

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS;

DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYSTS; NITO-MANNICH REACTIONS; THIOUREA;

CATALYSTS;

THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYANATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MANNICH REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CATALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOUREA;

EID: 12344267138     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200461814     Document Type: Article

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