Highly enantioselective Pd-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of activated imines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3729-3734

  Wang, You Qing ^a   Lu, Sheng Mei ^a   Zhou, Yong Gui ^a,b  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED IMINES; ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION; DIPHENYLPHOSPHINYL KETIMINES; SULTAM DERIVATIVES;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DERIVATIVES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGENATION; PALLADIUM;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

IMINE; N DIPHENYLPHOSPHINYL KETIMINE; N SULFONYLIMINE; N TOSYLIMINE KETIMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGENATION;

EID: 34248584027     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0700878     Document Type: Article

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