Lanthanum aryloxide/pybox-catalyzed direct asymmetric mannich-type reactions using a trichloromethyl ketone as a propionate equivalent donor

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 9588-9589

  Morimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Lu, Gang ^a   Aoyama, Naohiro ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONE DERIVATIVE; LANTHANUM; OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID; TRICHLOROMETHYL KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MANNICH REACTION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHLORINE; IMINES; KETONES; LANTHANUM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; PROPIONATES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34547803869     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja073285p     Document Type: Article

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