A highly enantioselective Brønsted acid catalyzed cascade reaction: Organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation of quinolines and their application in the synthesis of alkaloids

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 3683-3686

  Rueping, Magnus ^a   Antonchick, Andrey P ^a   Theissmann, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric hydrogenation; Br nsted acid; Hantzsch dihydropyridine; Organocatalysis; Tetrahydroquinoline

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION; BRØNSTED ACID; HANTZSCH DIHYDROPYRIDINE; ORGANOCATALYSIS; TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

EID: 33746269442     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600191     Document Type: Article

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