Radicals in asymmetric organocatalysis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 39, 2007, Pages 7356-7359

  Bertelsen, Søren ^a   Nielsen, Martin ^a   Jørgensen, Karl Anker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Carbonyl compounds; Enamines; Organocatalysis; Radicals

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; ENAMINES; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 35048898034     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702834     Document Type: Review

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