Asymmetric organocatalytic α-arylation of aldehydes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 5520-5523

  Alemán, José ^a   Cabrera, Silvia ^a   Maerten, Eddy ^a   Overgaard, Jacob ^a   Jørgensen, Karl Anker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

arylation; Aldehydes; Organocatalysis; Quinones

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MIXTURES;

Α-ARYLATION; ORGANOCATALYSIS; QUINONES;

KETONES;

EID: 34547178180     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701207     Document Type: Article

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