Remarkably low catalyst loading in brønsted acid catalyzed transfer hydrogenations: Enantioselective reduction of benzoxazines, benzothiazines, and benzoxazinones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 6751-6755

  Rueping, Magnus ^a   Antonchick, Andrey P ^a   Theissmann, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binol phosphate; Br nsted acids; Enantioselective hydrogenation; Hantzsch dihydropyridine; Ion pair catalysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; HYDROGENATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

BINOL PHOSPHATE; BRØNSTED ACIDS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION; HANTZSCH DIHYDROPYRIDINE; ION-PAIR CATALYSIS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 33750148995     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200601832     Document Type: Article

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