Chiral Brønsted acid catalyzed enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of indoles and α-aryl enamides: Construction of quaternary carbon atoms

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 5565-5567

  Jia, Yi Xia ^a   Zhong, Jun ^a   Zhu, Shou Fei ^a   Zhang, Can Ming ^a   Zhou, Qi Lin ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Enamides; Friedel Crafts reaction; Indoles; Phosphoric acid

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS REACTION; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ENAMIDES; INDOLES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ALKENE; AMIDE; CARBON; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKENES; AMIDES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34547155080     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701067     Document Type: Article

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