Facile, mild, and highly enantioselective alkynylzinc addition to aromatic aldehydes by BINOL/N-methylimidazole dual catalysis

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5457-5460

  Yang, Fei ^a   Xi, Peihua ^a   Yang, Li ^a   Lan, Jingbo ^a   Xie, Rugang ^a   You, Jingsong ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNES; METHYLIMIDAZOLES; REACTION CONDITIONS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALKYLATION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDES;

2,2' DIHYDROXY 1,1' BINAPHTHYL; ALDEHYDE; ALKYNYL GROUP; IMIDAZOLE; METHYLIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ADDITION REACTION; ALKYNYLATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

ACETYLENE; ALDEHYDES; ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHOLS; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 34447335324     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0707535     Document Type: Article

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