A highly enantio- and diastereoselective catalytic intramolecular Stetter reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6284-6289

  De Alaniz, Javier Read ^a   Rovis, Tomislav ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; MOLECULES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

INTRAMOLECULAR REACTIONS; PROTONATION; STETTER REACTION;

REACTION KINETICS;

ALDEHYDE; CYANOHYDRIN;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; CATALYSIS; CHROMANS; CYCLIZATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ETHERS, CYCLIC; KETONES; STEREOISOMERISM; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 18244367138     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0425132     Document Type: Article

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