Contact ion pair directed Lewis acid catalysis: Asymmetric synthesis of trans-configured β-lactones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 5461-5464

  Kull, Thomas ^a   Peters, René ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Bifunctional catalysis; Contact ion pairs; Lactones; Salen ligands

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

ALUMINUM; BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSIS; CONTACT ION PAIRS; LACTONES; SALEN LIGANDS;

CATALYSIS;

ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; SALEN ALUMINUM COMPLEX; SALEN-ALUMINUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATION; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; LACTONES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 49149101685     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801143     Document Type: Article

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