Formamides derived from N-methyl amino acids serve as new chiral organocatalysts in the enantioselective reduction of aromatic ketimines with trichlorosilane

Tetrahedron

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 264-284

  Malkov, Andrei V ^a   Stončius, Sigitas ^a   MacDougall, Kenneth N ^a   Mariani, Andrea ^a   McGeoch, Grant D ^a   Kočovský, Pavel ^a  

^a University of Strathclyde   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric reduction; Enantiopure amines; Hydrosilylation; Imines; Lewis bases; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; IMINE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; TRICHLOROSILANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 28944440055     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2005.08.117     Document Type: Article

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