Catalytic, enantioselective α-additions of isocyanides: Lewis base catalyzed Passerini-type reactions

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9667-9676

  Denmark, Scott E ^a   Fan, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; METHANOL; SILICON;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROXY METHYL ESTERS; ISOCYANIDES; SILICON TETRACHLORIDE;

CYANIDES;

ACETYLENE; ALDEHYDE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALPHA HYDROXY TERT BUTYL AMIDE; AMIDE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BISPHOSPHORAMIDE; CYANIDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ISOCYANIDE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS BASE; METHANOL; PHOSPHORAMIDIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON TETRACHLORIDE; TERT BUTYL ISOCYANIDE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PASSERINI TYPE REACTION; PRODUCT RECOVERY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ALDEHYDES; AMIDES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYANIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 28044462675     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo050549m     Document Type: Article

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