Chemodivergence in enantioselective desymmetrization of diazabicycles: Ring-opening versus reductive arylation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2085-2088

  Menard, Frederic ^a   Lautens, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; C H activation; Desymmetrization; Rhodium; Ring opening reactions

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; C-H ACTIVATION; DESYMMETRIZATION; RHODIUM; RING-OPENING REACTIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AMINE; AZABICYCLO DERIVATIVE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RHODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BORONIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 41949140106     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704708     Document Type: Article

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