In situ catalyst improvement in the proline-mediated α-amination of aldehydes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 38, 2004, Pages 11770-11771

  Iwamura, Hiroshi ^a   Mathew, Suju P ^a   Blackmond, Donna G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE;

ALDOL REACTION; AMINATION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHIRALITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDES; AMINATION; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; PROLINE;

EID: 4644348576     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja046258x     Document Type: Article

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