Two-faced reactivity of alkenes: cis- versus trans-aminopalladation in aerobic Pd-catalyzed intramolecular Aza-Wacker reactions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6328-6335

  Liu, Guosheng ^a   Stahl, Shannon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; CYCLIZATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUCLEOPHILES; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINOPALLADATION; CYCLOPENTENE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE METHODS; INTRAMOLECULAR AZA WACKER REACTIONS;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BRONSTED BASE; CARBENOID; CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; OXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMINATION; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPARAFFINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34249028505     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja070424u     Document Type: Article

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