A novel dinuclear chiral niobium complex for Lewis acid catalyzed enantioselective reactions: Design of a tridentate ligand and elucidation of the catalyst structure

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 761-764

  Kobayashi, Shu ^a   Arai, Kenzo ^a   Shimizu, Haruka ^a   Ihori, Yoichi ^a   Ishitani, Haruro ^a   Yamashita, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Chirality; Lewis acids; Mannich reaction; Niobium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITIES; LEWIS ACID; NIOBIUM ATOMS; TRIDENTATE BINOL;

NIOBIUM;

LEWIS ACID; LIGAND; NIOBIUM;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MANNICH REACTION; OXIDATION;

ACIDS; CATALYSIS; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NIOBIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 13444267889     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200462204     Document Type: Article

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