Enantioselective reductive coupling of 1,3-enynes to heterocyclic aromatic aldehydes and ketones via rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation: Mechanistic insight into the role of Brønsted acid additives

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 16448-16449

  Komanduri, Venukrishnan ^a   Krische, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; CARBON; DEUTERIUM; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; KETONE; RHODIUM; SILICA GEL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGENATION; ISOTOPE LABELING;

ACIDS; ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33845961272     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0673027     Document Type: Article

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