Novel chiral 1,3-diamines by a highly modular Umpolung strategy employing a diastereoselective fluorination-nucleophilic aromatic substitution sequence

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2065-2074

  Braun, Wolfgang ^a   Calmuschi Cula, Beatrice ^a   Englert, Ulli ^a   Höfener, Karola ^a   Alberico, Elisabetta ^b   Salzer, Albrecht ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amines; Aromatic substitution; Asymmetric synthesis; Chirality; Chromium; Halogenation; Nucleophilic substitution; Umpolung

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749092594     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200700764     Document Type: Article

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