Aminocatalytic enantioselective anti-mannich reaction of aldehydes with in situ generated N-cbz and N-boc imines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 45, 2008, Pages 8700-8702

  Gianelli, Chiara ^a   Sambri, Letizia ^a   Carlone, Armando ^a   Bartoli, Giuseppe ^a   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Asymmetric catalysis; Imines; Mannich reaction; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMIDO SULFONES; ANTI SELECTIVITIES; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ENANTIOMERIC PURITIES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HIGH YIELDS; IMINES; IN-SITU; MANNICH REACTION; MANNICH REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; REACTION CATALYZED; SECONDARY AMINES; STEREOCONTROL;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDE; AMINE; IMINE; SULFONE;

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

ALDEHYDES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFONES;

EID: 55249112288     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803819     Document Type: Article

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