Catalytic enantioselective crossed aldehyde-ketone benzoin cyclization

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 3492-3494

  Takikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hachisu, Yoshifumi ^a   Bode, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Suzuki, Keisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; C C coupling; Cyclization; N heterocyclic carbenes; Tertiary alcohols

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; KETONES; SALTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; C-C COUPLING; CYCLIZATION; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; TERTIARY ALCOHOLS;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 33745722719     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600268     Document Type: Article

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