Catalytic asymmetric ring opening of meso-epoxides with aromatic amines in water

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4593-4595

  Azoulay, Stéphane ^a   Manabe, Kei ^a   Kobayashi, Shu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMINOALCOHOL; EPOXIDE; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SCANDIUM; SCANDIUM TRIFLATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; AMINO ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MESYLATES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SCANDIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 27144524535     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol051546z     Document Type: Article

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