Enantioselective reduction of ketones with borane catalyzed by tridentate amino alcohols derived from salicylaldehyde

Chirality

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-151

  Lee, Dong Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric reduction; Tridentate chiral ligand

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINOALCOHOL; BENZOYLACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BORANE DERIVATIVE; KETONE; SALICYLALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHELATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33846295517     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20344     Document Type: Article

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