Trichloromethyl ketones as synthetically versatile donors: Application in direct catalytic mannich-type reactions and the stereoselective synthesis of azetidines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3146-3150

  Morimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Wiedemann, Sean H ^a   Yamaguchi, Akitake ^a   Harada, Shinji ^a   Chen, Zhihua ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Azetidines; Diastereoselectivity; Mannich reaction; Trichloromethyl ketones

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; AZETIDINES; DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY; MANNICH REACTION; TRICHLOROMETHYL KETONES;

KETONES;

2,2',2''-TRICHLOROTRIETHYLAMINE; AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORMETHINE DERIVATIVE; KETONE; TRICHLORMETHINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AZETIDINES; CATALYSIS; KETONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN MUSTARD COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33746255430     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600227     Document Type: Article

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