General catalytic synthesis of highly enantiomerically enriched terminal aziridines from racemic epoxides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 30, 2004, Pages 3952-3954

  Kim, Sang Kyun ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Aziridines; Nitrogen heterocycles; Small ring systems; Sulfonamides

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DERIVATIVES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; TERMINAL EPOXIDES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AMINOALCOHOL; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENANTIOMER; SYNTHESIS;

AZIRIDINES; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 4544268904     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200460369     Document Type: Article

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