Chiral brønsted acid-catalyzed enantioselective α- hydroxylation of β-dicarbonyl compounds

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4562-4563

  Lu, Min ^a   Zhu, Di ^a   Lu, Yunpeng ^a   Zeng, Xiaofei ^a   Tan, Bin ^a   Xu, Zhenjiang ^a   Zhong, Guofu ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICARBONYL COMPOUNDS; ENANTIOCONTROL; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN SOURCES;

ACIDS; HYDROXYLATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

1 CHLORO 4 NITROBENZENE; 2 ACETYL 1 TETRALONE; BRONSTED ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; NITROSOBENZENE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACID; KETONE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROXYLATION; QUANTUM YIELD; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACIDS; CATALYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; KETONES; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 67749089286     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8088907     Document Type: Article

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