Quaternary stereogenic carbon atoms in complex molecules by an asymmetric, organocatalytic, triple-cascade reaction

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4788-4791

  Penon, Oriol ^b   Carlone, Armando ^a   Mazzanti, Andrea ^a   Locatelli, Manuela ^a   Sambri, Letizia ^a   Bartoli, Giuseppe ^a   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Domino reactions; Multicomponent reactions; Organocatalysis; Quaternary stereocenters

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ATOMIC PHYSICS; CARBON; CARBONYLATION; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; DOMINO REACTIONS; MULTICOMPONENT REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; QUATERNARY STEREOCENTERS;

ATOMS;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 46149106243     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800440     Document Type: Article

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