A vaulted biaryl phosphoric acid-catalyzed reduction of α-imino esters: The highly enantioselective preparation of α-amino esters

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5830-5831

  Li, Guilong ^a   Liang, Yuxue ^a   Antilla, Jon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO ESTER; ALPHA IMINO ESTER; BIARYL PHOSPHORIC ACID; ESTER DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PHENYL GROUP; PHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; STRECKER SYNTHESIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

CATALYSIS; ESTERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34248524344     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja070519w     Document Type: Article

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