Catalytic asymmetric 1,4-addition reactions using α,β- unsaturated N-acylpyrroles as highly reactive monodentate α,β- unsaturated ester surrogates

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 7559-7570

  Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Kinoshita, Tomotumi ^a   Okada, Shigemitsu ^a   Harada, Shinji ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MICHAEL REACTIONS; OPTICALLY ACTIVE EPOXIDES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDE; ALPHA,BETA UNSATURATED N ACYLPYRROLE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER; KETOL; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EPOXIDATION; MICHAEL ADDITION; OLEFINATION; SYNTHESIS; VOLUMETRY; WITTIG REACTION;

CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLES;

EID: 2942635094     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0485917     Document Type: Article

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