Novel enantiocomplementary C2-symmetric chiral bis(imidazoline) ligands: Highly enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with ethyl 3,3,3-trifluoropyruvate

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1443-1448

  Nakamura, Shuichi ^a   Hyodo, Kengo ^a   Nakamura, Yuko ^a   Shibata, Norio ^a   Torua, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Friedel Crafts reaction; Imidazolines; Lewis acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849099614     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200800189     Document Type: Article

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