Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids and derivatives

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 12031-12037

  Cabrera, Silvia ^a   Reyes, Efraim ^a   Alemán, José ^a   Milelli, Andrea ^a   Kobbelgaard, Sara ^a   Jørgensen, Karl Anker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; AMIDES; AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ETHERS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SILANES; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINOALCOHOL; LACTAM DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLONE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROPYRAN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDES; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; LACTAMS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXAZOLONE; PROLINE; PYRANS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 51749120761     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja804567h     Document Type: Article

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