High substrate/catalyst organocatalysis by a chiral Brønsted acid for an enantioselective aza-ene-type reaction

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2254-2257

  Terada, Masahiro ^a   Machioka, Kyoko ^a   Sorimachi, Keiichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Br nsted acids; Ene reaction; Organocatalysis; Phosphoric acid

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DERIVATIVES; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SUBSTRATES;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; BRONSTED ACIDS; ENE REACTION; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 33746292951     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200503477     Document Type: Article

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