Enantioselective nitrone cycloadditions of α,β-unsaturated 2-acyl imidazoles catalyzed by bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine-cerium(IV) triflate complexes

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3351-3354

  Evans, David A ^a   Song, Hyun Ji ^a   Fandrick, Keith R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CERIUM; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITRONES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

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

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CERIUM; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXAZOLES; PYRIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33746879548     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol061223i     Document Type: Article

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