Asymmetric direct aldol reaction assisted by water and a proline-derived tetrazole catalyst

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1983-1986

  Torii, Hiromi ^a   Nakadai, Masakazu ^a   Ishihara, Kazuaki ^a   Saito, Susumu ^a   Yamamoto, Hisashi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Amines; Asymmetric catalysis; Tetrazole; Water

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOLUBILITY;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; WATER AFFINITY;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; WATER; 1H TETRAZOLE; 1H-TETRAZOLE; FORMALDEHYDE; KETONE;

ADDITION REACTION; ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYST; SOLUBILITY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; FORMALDEHYDE; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROLINE; STEREOISOMERISM; TETRAZOLES; WATER;

EID: 2942641357     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200352724     Document Type: Article

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