Chirally aminated 2-naphthols - organocatalytic synthesis of non-biaryl atropisomers by asymmetric friedel-crafts amination

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1147-1151

  Brandes, Sebastian ^a   Bella, Marco ^a   Kjœrsgaard, Anne ^a   Jørgensen, Karl Anker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amination; Asymmetric synthesis; Friedel Crafts reaction; Naphthols; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS REACTION; REACTION KINETICS;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; NAPHTHOLS; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33745438448     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503042     Document Type: Article

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