Catalytic asymmetric [4 + 2] cycloadditions of ketenes and N-thioacyl imines: Alternatives for direct Mannich reactions of enolizable imines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 38, 2007, Pages 11690-11691

  Xu, Xuan ^a   Wang, Kan ^a   Nelson, Scott G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMINE; KETENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; MANNICH REACTION;

ACYLATION; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; ETHYLENES; HYDROCARBONS, CYCLIC; IMINES; KETONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34748906177     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja074845n     Document Type: Article

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