Catalytic enantioselective aldol-type reaction of β-ketosters with acetals

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4196-4199

  Umebayashi, Natsuko ^a,b   Hamashima, Yoshitaka ^a   Hashizume, Daisuke ^a   Sodeoka, Mikiko ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ketoester; Acetal; Aldol reaction; Palladium; Platinum

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DYES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ESTERS; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

ACETAL; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ALDOL REACTION; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROPHILES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; KETOESTERS; METAL ENOLATES; PT COMPLEXES;

PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 53549115640     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705344     Document Type: Article

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