Rational design of sterically and electronically easily tunable chiral bisimidazolines and their applications in dual lewis acid/brensted base catalysis for highly enantioselective nitroaldol (Henry) reactions

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1863-1871

  Ma, Kuoyan ^a   You, Jingsong ^a  

^a China   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Dual acid base catalysis; Henry reaction; Ligand design; N ligands

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BASE CATALYSIS; HENRY REACTION; LIGAND DESIGN; N LIGANDS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ACID; ALDEHYDE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; NITRO DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; STEREOISOMERISM;

ACIDS; ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; IMIDAZOLINES; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; SOLVENTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34250632623     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200601220     Document Type: Article

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