Direct organocatalytic Mannich reaction of acetaldehyde: An improved catalyst and mechanistic insight from a computational study

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 9053-9058

  Hayashi, Yujiro ^a   Okano, Tsubasa ^a   Itoh, Takahiko ^a   Urushima, Tatsuya ^a   Ishikawa, Hayato ^a   Uchimaru, Tadafumi ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Asymmetric catalysis; Imines; Mannich reactions; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMINES; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ETHERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; SILANES; TOLUENE;

ACETALDEHYDE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; IMINES; MANNICH REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 56249086830     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802073     Document Type: Article

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