Highly regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselective [2+2+2] cycloaddition of 1,6-enynes with electron-deficient ketones catalyzed by a cationic Rh I/H8-binap complex

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1312-1316

  Tanaka, Ken ^a   Otake, Yousuke ^a   Sagae, Hiromi ^a   Noguchi, Keiichi ^a   Hirano, Masao ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Cycloaddition; Enynes; Ketones; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KETONES; RHODIUM;

[2+2+2] CYCLOADDITION; ARYL KETONES; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CYCLOADDITION; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENYNES; FUNCTIONALIZATION; QUATERNARY CARBON;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 53549104121     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704758     Document Type: Article

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