Enantioselective organocatalytic α-fluorination of aldehydes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 8826-8828

  Beeson, Teresa D ^a   MacMillan, David W C ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; HALOGENATION; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYST LOADING; ELECTROPHILIC SOURCE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE ORGANOCATALYSIS; FLUORINATION; ORGANOCATALYTIC TRANSFORMATION;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; FLUORINE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DESIGN; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FLUORINATION; HALOGENATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIDATION;

ALDEHYDES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; IMIDAZOLIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 20944444147     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja051805f     Document Type: Article

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