Hydrogen-mediated reductive coupling of conjugated alkynes with ethyl (n-sulfinyl)iminoacetates: Synthesis of unnatural α-amino acids via rhodium-catalyzed C-C bond forming hydrogenation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 11269-11276

  Kong, Jong Rock ^a   Cho, Chang Woo ^a   Krische, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSTS; COUPLINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; RHODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKYNES; REDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; REGIOSELECTIVE REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMICAL MODEL;

HYDROGENATION;

1,4 DIACETOXY 2 BUTENE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKENE; ALKYNE; ALPHA AMINO ACID; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ESTER; ETHYL (N 2,4,6 TRIISOPROPYLBENZENESULFINYL)IMINOACETATE; ETHYL (N SULFINYL)IMINOACETATE; ETHYL (N TERT BUTANESULFINYL)IMINOACETATE; HYDROGEN; IMINE; RHODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYDROGENATION; HYDROGENOLYSIS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACETATES; ALKYNES; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; IMINES; RHODIUM;

EID: 23844494674     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja051104i     Document Type: Article

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