Phase transfer catalyzed enantioselective strecker reactions of α-amido sulfones with cyanohydrins

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 9869-9872

  Herrera, Raquel P ^b   Sgarzani, Valentina ^a   Bernardi, Luca ^a   Fini, Francesco ^a   Pettersen, Daniel ^a   Ricci, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE CYANOHYDRIN; ASYMMETRIC STRECKER REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PHASE TRANSFER;

ACETONE; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALPHA AMIDOSULFONE DERIVATIVE; AMIDE; CYANIDE; CYANOHYDRIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; CYANATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; PHASE TRANSFER; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRECKER SYNTHESIS;

CARBONATES; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; PHASE TRANSITION; POTASSIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFONES; WATER;

EID: 33845943259     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo061566u     Document Type: Article

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