Control of four stereocentres in a triple cascade organocatalytic reaction

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7095, 2006, Pages 861-863

  Enders, Dieter ^a   Hüttl, Matthias R M ^a   Grondal, Christoph ^a   Raabe, Gerhard ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONDENSATION;

CATALYTIC CASCADE REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; STEREOSELECTIVE CASCADE REACTIONS; TANDEM REACTIONS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ALDEHYDE; CATALYSIS; CONDENSATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; MICHAEL ADDITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

TETRA;

EID: 33745211429     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04820     Document Type: Article

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