Catalytic asymmetric hydroxymethylation of silicon enolates using an aqueous solution of formaldehyde with a chiral scandium complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 39, 2004, Pages 12236-12237

  Ishikawa, Shunpei ^a   Hamada, Tomoaki ^a   Manabe, Kei ^a   Kobayashi, Shu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ENOLATE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHYL ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE; LEWIS ACID; MONOMER; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; SCANDIUM; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON ENOLATE; SOLVENT; TRIOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRAL CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYMETHYLATION; METHYLATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 4644286223     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja047896i     Document Type: Article

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