Copper(II)-catalyzed highly enantioselective addition of enamides to imines: The use of einamides as nucleophiles in asymmetric catalysis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1679-1681

  Matsubara, Ryosuke ^a   Nakamura, Yoshitaka ^a   Kobayashi, Shu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,3 diamines; Amino acids; Asymmetric catalysis; Copper; Enamides

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; YIELD STRESS;

CHIRAL CATALYSTS; COPPER CATALYSTS; ENAMIDES;

COPPER;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER; ENAMINE; IMINE;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; IMINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 4544283548     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200353237     Document Type: Article

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