Enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed acyl-Mannich reactions of isoquinolines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 41, 2005, Pages 6700-6704

  Taylor, Mark S ^a   Tokunaga, Norihito ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Heterocycles; Hydrogen bonds; Mannich reaction; Urea derivatives

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; UREA ELECTRODES;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; DIHYDROISOQUINOLINES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MANNICH REACTION;

REACTION KINETICS;

ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; MANNICH BASE; THIOUREA;

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

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ISOQUINOLINES; MANNICH BASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOUREA;

EID: 27444443731     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502277     Document Type: Article

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