Enantioselective organocatalysis using SOMO activation

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5824, 2007, Pages 582-585

  Beeson, Teresa D ^a,b   Mastracchio, Anthony ^a,b   Hong, Jun Bae ^a,b   Ashton, Kate ^a,b   MacMillan, David W C ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALLYL COMPOUND; ENAMINE; HYDROCARBON; OXIDIZING AGENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

ALDEHYDE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON; FREE RADICAL; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; REACTION KINETICS;

ADDITION REACTION; ALLYLATION; ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HALOGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34247565955     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science. 1142696     Document Type: Article

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