Enantioselective catalytic intramolecular cyclopropanation using modified cinchona alkaloid organocatalysts

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 6024-6028

  Johansson, Carin C C ^a   Bremeyer, Nadine ^a   Ley, Steven V ^a   Owen, Dafydd R ^b   Smith, Stephen C ^c   Gaunt, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Cinchona alkaloids; Cyclopropanation; Intramolecular reactions; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; CYCLOPROPANATION; INTRAMOLECULAR REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ORGANOMETALLICS; PROPANE; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY;

ALKENE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

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

ALKENES; CATALYSIS; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; CYCLOPROPANES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33748765777     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602129     Document Type: Article

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