Scope and mechanism of enantioselective michael additions of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to nitroalkenes catalyzed by nickel(II)-diamine complexes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 37, 2007, Pages 11583-11592

  Evans, David A ^a   Mito, Shizue ^a   Seidel, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LIGANDS; METAL COMPLEXES; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ENOLIZATION; LIGAND MODIFICATION; NITROALKENES;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DIAMINE; NICKEL COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MICHAEL ADDITION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALKENES; CATALYSIS; DIAMINES; KETONES; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NICKEL; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 35048868490     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0735913     Document Type: Article

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