Salt-free iridium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic animations with N,N-diacylamines and ortho-nosylamide as ammonia equivalents

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 5546-5549

  Weihofen, Robert ^a   Tverskoy, Olena ^a   Helmchen, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allylic amination; Enantioselectivity; Iridium; Pyrrolidines; Ring closing metathesis

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; CATALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ALLYLIC AMINATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PYRROLIDINES; RING-CLOSING METATHESIS;

IRIDIUM;

EID: 33748639706     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200601472     Document Type: Article

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