Enantioselective hydrogenation of N-H imines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 9882-9883

  Hou, Guohua ^a   Gosselin, Francis ^b,c   Li, Wei ^a   McWilliams, J Christopher ^b   Sun, Yongkui ^b   Weisel, Mark ^b   O'Shea, Paul D ^c   Chen, Cheng Yi ^b   Davies, Ian W ^b   Zhang, Xumu ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION; CHIRAL AMINES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION; HIGH YIELD; HYDROCHLORIDE SALTS;

AMINES; CYANIDES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; IRIDIUM; ORGANOMETALLICS;

HYDROGENATION;

CHLORIDE; ENAMINE; IMINE; IRIDIUM; KETONE; NITRILE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HOMOGENATE; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REDUCTION;

HYDROGENATION; IMINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 67651211401     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja903319r     Document Type: Article

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