Construction of C-S bonds with a quaternary stereocenter through a formal Michael reaction: Asymmetric synthesis of tertiary thiols

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 3307-3310

  Palomo, Claudio ^a   Oiarbide, Mikel ^a   Dias, Flavia ^a   López, Rosa ^a   Linden, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Chirality; Lewis acids; Michael addition; Thiols

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; OXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SULFUR;

ATOM TRANSFER; QUATERNARY STEREOCENTERS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; MICHAEL ADDITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CARBON; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR;

EID: 4544227437     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200453889     Document Type: Article

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