Chiral Lewis base promoted trichlorosilane reduction of ketimines. An enantioselective organocatalytic synthesis of chiral amines

Tetrahedron

Volumn 65, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 6354-6363

  Guizzetti, Stefania ^a   Benaglia, Maurizio ^a   Cozzi, Franco ^a   Annunziata, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allyltrichlorosilane; Epoxide opening; Monoterpenes; Organocatalysis; Pyridine N oxides

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMINOALCOHOL; HERBICIDE; IMINE; KETONE; LEWIS BASE; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 67649620056     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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