A versatile catalyst for asymmetric reactions of carbonyl groups working purely by activation through hydrogen bonding: Mukaiyama-aldol, hetero Diels-Alder and Friedel-Crafts reactions

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3284-3289

  Zhuang, Wei ^a   Poulsen, Thomas B ^a   Jørgensen, Karl Anker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALCOHOLS; CATALYSTS;

ASYMMETRIC REACTIONS; BIS-SULFONAMIDES; FRIEDAL-CRAFT REACTIONS; MUKAIYAMA-ALDOL;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BETULACEAE;

EID: 26444603041     PISSN: 14770520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b507778h     Document Type: Article

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