Chiral Proton Catalysis: A Catalytic Enantioselective Direct Aza-Henry Reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3418-3419

  Nugent, Benjamin M ^a   Yoder, Ryan A ^a   Johnston, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEWIS ACID; PROTON;

ARTICLE; AZA HENRY REACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 1642369984     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja031906i     Document Type: Article

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