Direct asymmetric intermolecular aldol reactions catalyzed by amino acids and small peptides

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5383-5397

  Córdova, Armando ^a   Zou, Weibiao ^a   Dziedzic, Pawel ^a   Ibrahem, Ismail ^a   Reyes, Efraim ^a   Xu, Yongmei ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Amino acids; Asymmetric catalysis; Ketones; Organocatalysis; Peptides

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTIONS; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; PEPTIDES;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; KETONES; OLIGOMERS; PROTEINS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACIDS;

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; AMINO ACID; BUFFER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; PEPTIDE; SOLVENT; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALDEHYDES; AMINO ACIDS; BUFFERS; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDES; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33745893522     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501639     Document Type: Article

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