A highly efficient and direct approach for synthesis of enantiopure β-amino alcohols by reductive cross-coupling of chiral N-tert- butanesulfinyl imines with aldehydes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 34, 2005, Pages 11956-11957

  Zhong, Yu Wu ^a   Dong, Yi Zhou ^a   Fang, Kai ^a   Izumi, Kenji ^a   Xu, Ming Hua ^a,b   Lin, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; AMINOALCOHOL; BENZALDEHYDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; IMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; AMINO ALCOHOLS; BUTANES; IMINES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFINIC ACIDS;

EID: 24144490041     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja054401w     Document Type: Article

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