Organocatalytic asymmetric formal [3+2] cycloaddition reaction of isocyanoesters to nitroolefins leading to highly optically active dihydropyrroles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3414-3417

  Guo, Chang ^a   Xue, Meng Xia ^b,c   Zhu, Ming Kui ^b,c   Gong, Liu Zhu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Cinchona alkaloids; Enantioselectivity; Isocyanoesters; Pyrroles

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; ISOCYANOESTERS; PYRROLES;

CYCLOADDITION;

CINCHONA ALKALOID; CYANIDE; ESTER; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; PHENYLETHYNYL LITHIUM; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OPTICS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; CYANIDES; ESTERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICS; PYRROLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 43849090515     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800003     Document Type: Article

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