Asymmetric aziridination of 1,3-dienes catalyzed by bisoxazoline-copper complexes

Chirality

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 575-580

  Ma, Linge ^a   Du, Da Ming ^a   Xu, Jiaxi ^a,b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Aziridination; Bisoxazoline; Diene; Nitrene

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIENE; 1,4 DIPHENYL 1,3 BUTADIENE; 2 BENZOYL 3 (2 PHENYLVINYL) 1 (4 TOLYLSULFONYL)AZIRIDINE; 2 PHENYL 3 (2 PHENYLVINYL) 1 (4 TOLYLSULFONYL)AZIRIDINE; 2 PHENYL 3 (3 OXO 1 BUTENYL) 1 (4 TOLYLSULFONYL)AZIRIDINE; 2 PHENYL 3 (3 PHENYL 3 OXO 1 PROPENYL) 1 (4 TOLYLSULFONYL)AZIRIDINE; ALKADIENE; AZIRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; AZIRIDINATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIS ISOMER; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANS ISOMER;

EID: 33750077006     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20282     Document Type: Article

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