Highly asymmetric Michael addition to α,β-unsaturated ketones catalyzed by 9-amino-9-deoxyepiquinine

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 389-392

  Xie, Jian Wu ^b,c   Chen, Wei ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Zeng, Mi ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Yue, Lei ^a   Chen, Ying Chun ^a   Wu, Yong ^a   Zhu, Jin ^b   Deng, Jin Gen ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amines; Asymmetric synthesis; Domino reactions; Michael addition; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; DOMINO REACTIONS; MICHAEL CASCADE REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

AMINES; CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; DERIVATIVES; KETONES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ADDITION REACTIONS;

9 AMINO 9 DEOXYEPIQUININE; 9-AMINO-9-DEOXYEPIQUININE; ALKANONE; AMINE; BENZYLIDENEACETONE; KETONE; QUINOLIZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINES; BUTANONES; CATALYSIS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUINOLIZINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33846463775     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603612     Document Type: Article

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