Asymmetric reductive amination: Convenient access to enantioenriched alkyl-alkyl or aryl-alkyl substituted α-chiral primary amines

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 348, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1289-1299

  Nugent, Thomas C ^a   Ghosh, Abhijit K ^a   Wakchaure, Vijay N ^a   Mohanty, Rashmi R ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aliphatic amines; Asymmetric reductive amination; Chiral amines; Enantioenriched amines; Heterogeneous hydrogenation catalysts; Lewis acids; Titanium alkoxides

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746679902     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200606073     Document Type: Article

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