Direct organocatalytic and highly enantio- and diastereoselective mannich reactions of α-substituted α-cyanoacetates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2896-2899

  Poulsen, Thomas B ^a   Alemparte, Carlos ^a   Saaby, Steen ^a   Bella, Marco ^a   Jørgensen, Karl Anker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Diastereoselectivity; Enantioselectivity; Mannich bases; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

DIASTERSELECTIVITY; METAL-FREE CATALYSIS; ORGANOCATALYSTS; STEREOCENTERS;

CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

REACTION KINETICS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYL CYANOACETATE; MANNICH BASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACETIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MANNICH BASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 18844456337     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500144     Document Type: Article

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