Probing the importance of the hemilabile site of bis(phosphine) monoxide ligands in the copper-catalyzed addition of diethylzinc to N-phosphinoylimines: Discovery of new effective chiral ligands

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6330-6340

  Bonnaventure, Isabelle ^a   Charette, André B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CHIRAL AMINES; CHIRAL LIGANDS; DIETHYL ZINC; NEW CLASS; NITROALKENES; PHOSPHINE OXIDES; PHOSPHINOYLIMINE;

ALDEHYDES; AMINES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

LIGANDS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BENZALDEHYDE; COPPER; DIETHYLZINC; IMINE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; REDUCTION;

AMINES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; IMINES; LIGANDS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; PHOSPHINES;

EID: 50149091086     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo800969x     Document Type: Article

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