Highly diastereo- and enantioselective reactions of enecarbamates with ethyl glyoxylate to give optically active syn and anti α-alkyl-β- hydroxy imines and ketones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 3258-3260

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Aza ene reaction; Copper N ligands; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COPPER; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITIES;

KETONES;

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ETHYL GLYOXYLATE; IMINE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CARBAMATES; GLYOXYLATES; IMINES; KETONES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 4544373680     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200460165     Document Type: Article

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