Rhodium-catalyzed stereoselective formation of Z-enamines from allylaziridines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 11754-11755

  Alphonse, France Aimée ^a   Yudin, Andrei K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; ALLYLAZIRIDINE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ENAMINE; RHODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; AMINES; AZIRIDINES; CATALYSIS; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33748493781     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0632557     Document Type: Article

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