Asymmetric synthesis of chiral aldehydes by conjugate additions with bifunctional organocatalysis by cinchona alkaloids

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 4301-4305

  Wu, Fanghui ^a   Hong, Ran ^a   Khan, Jihan ^a   Liu, Xiaofeng ^a   Deng, Li ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Alkaloids; Conjugate addition; Natural products; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; CONJUGATE ADDITIONS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; LACTONE; POLYMER; TANIKOLIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; LACTONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33746280588     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200600867     Document Type: Article

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