Organocatalytic asymmetric aziridination of enones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 45, 2008, Pages 8703-8706

  Pesciaioli, Fabio ^a   De Vincentiis, Francesco ^a   Galzerano, Patrizia ^a   Bencivenni, Giorgio ^a   Bartoli, Giuseppe ^a   Mazzanti, Andrea ^a   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Aziridines; Domino reactions; Ketones; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KETONES; REACTION KINETICS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; AZIRIDINATION; AZIRIDINES; BENZYLOXYCARBONYL; CHIRAL AZIRIDINES; CINCHONA ALKALOIDS; CYCLIC SUBSTRATES; DIASTEREO SELECTIVITIES; DOMINO REACTIONS; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; HIGH ENANTIOSELECTIVITIES; HIGH YIELDS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; PHENYLGLYCINE; PRIMARY AMINES; UNSATURATED KETONES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMINE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; KETONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; AZIRIDINES; CATALYSIS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 55249110210     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803647     Document Type: Article

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