Ytterbium acetate promoted asymmetric reductive amination: Significantly enhanced stereoselectivity

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1297-1305

  Nugent, Thomas C ^a   El Shazly, Mohamed ^a   Wakchaure, Vijay N ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; CHIRALITY; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY; REDUCING AGENT; REDUCTIVE AMINATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKANONE; AMINE; BRONSTED ACID; HYDROGEN; IMINE; LEWIS ACID; NICKEL COMPLEX; REDUCING AGENT; YTTERBIUM;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHIRALITY; CIS ISOMER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TRANS ISOMER;

AMINES; CATALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 39349094370     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo7021235     Document Type: Article

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