Facile synthesis of chiral α-difluoromethyl amines from N-(tert-butylsulfinyl)aldimines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 5882-5886

  Li, Ya ^a   Hu, Jinbo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Amines; Enantioselectivity; Fluorine; Sulfonamides; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SULFONAMIDES; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

AMINES;

AMINE; IMINE;

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

AMINES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IMINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 24944543941     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501769     Document Type: Article

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