Reversal of diastereoselectivity in the benzylation of the lithium enolates of phosphonopropanoamides by changing the base equivalents

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2767-2770

  Ordóñez, Mario ^a   Hernández Fernández, Eugenio ^b   Rojas Cabrera, Haydée ^a   Labastida Galván, Victoria ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BASE; BENZYL BROMIDE; ENOLASE; LITHIUM; PHOSPHONOPROPANOAMIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARBUZOV REACTION; ARTICLE; BENZYLATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 59349119068     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: 1362511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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