Primary-amine-catalyzed enantioselective intramolecular aldolizations

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 7656-7658

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Wakchaure, Vijay ^a   Kraft, Philip ^b   List, Benjamin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b GIVAUDAN SCHWEIZ AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Asymmetric catalysis; Bifunctional catalysis; Enamines; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084880     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802497     Document Type: Article

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