Highly diastereo- and enantioselective Mukaiyama aldol reactions catalyzed by hydrogen bonding

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 6130-6133

  McGilvra, Jeff D ^a   Unni, Aditya K ^a   Modi, Kriti ^a   Rawal, Viresh H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Enantioselectivity; Hydrogen bonds; Mukaiyama aldol; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MUKAIYAMA ALDOL; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN BONDS;

CATALYSIS;

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; KETONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; KETONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33749014701     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200601638     Document Type: Article

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