Asymmetric aza-Michael reactions of α,β-unsaturated ketones with bifunctional organic catalysts

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 7710-7713

  Lu, Xiaojie ^a   Deng, Li ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Amines; Asymmetric catalysis; Enones; Michael addition

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; KETONES; METAL COMPLEXES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKALOIDS; AMINES; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ENONES; MICHAEL ADDITION;

CATALYSIS;

AMINE; KETONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; CATALYSIS; KETONES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 54749123572     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802785     Document Type: Article

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