A chiral rhodium carboxamidate catalyst for enantioselective C-H amination

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 9220-9221

  Zalatan, David N ^a   Du Bois, J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; ALPHA AMINO ACID; AMIDE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIMER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; IODINE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RHODIUM COMPLEX; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; METHYLATION; OXIDATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; AMIDES; AMINATION; AMINES; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 47749112120     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8031955     Document Type: Article

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