Chirality transfer from epoxide to carbanion: Base-induced alkylation of O-carbamoyl cyanohydrins of β-silyl-α,β-epoxy aldehyde

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3061-3064

  Sasaki, Michiko ^a   Kawanishi, Eiji ^a   Shirakawa, Yuri ^a   Kawahata, Masatoshi ^b   Masu, Hyuma ^b   Yamaguchi, Kentaro ^b   Takeda, Kei ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Asymmetric synthesis; Carbanions; Chirality; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749100438     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200800300     Document Type: Article

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