Organocatalysis with a fluorous tag: Asymmetric reduction of imines with trichlorosilane catalyzed by amino acid-derived formamides

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1315-1325

  Malkov, Andrei V ^a   Figlus, Marek ^a   Stončius, Sigitas ^a   Kočovský, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; SILANES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOLUENE;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KETIMINES; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

CATALYSIS;

AMINO ACID; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; IMINE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; FLUORINE; FORMAMIDES; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILANES;

EID: 33847051249     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo062215i     Document Type: Article

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