Enantioselective α-fluorination of carbonyl compounds: Organocatalysis or metal catalysis?

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 544-547

  Pihko, Petri M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Asymmetric catalysis; Electrophilic substitution; Fluorination; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION; FLUORINATION; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

ALDEHYDES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; FLUORINE;

KETONES;

ALDEHYDE; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; KETONE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PROLINE; SELECTFLUOR;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; DIAZONIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROLINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 31044445377     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502425     Document Type: Review

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