Highly diastereo- and enantioselective direct aldol reactions in water

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 958-961

  Hayashi, Yujiro ^a   Sumiya, Tatsunobu ^a   Takahashi, Junichi ^a   Gotoh, Hiroaki ^a   Urushima, Tatsuya ^a   Shoji, Mitsuru ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Asymmetric synthesis; Diastereoselectivity; Organocatalysis; Solvent effects

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WATER;

ALDOL REACTION; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY; ORGANOCATALYSIS; SOLVENT EFFECTS;

ALCOHOLS;

EID: 32044463187     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502488     Document Type: Article

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