Asymmetric reductive Mannich reaction to ketimines catalyzed by a Cu(I) complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 16146-16147

  Du, Yao ^a   Xu, Li Wen ^a   Shimizu, Yohei ^a   Oisaki, Kounosuke ^a   Kanai, Motomu ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA AMINO ACID; COPPER COMPLEX; IMINE; KETIMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MANNICH REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; IMINES; MANNICH BASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 57149101142     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8069727     Document Type: Article

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