Enantioselective intramolecular friedel-crafts-type α-arylation of aldehydes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2086-2087

  Nicolaou, K C ^a,b   Reingruber, Rüdiger ^a,c   Sarlah, David ^a   Bräse, Stefan ^c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYLATION; ARYLATION; CYTOTOXIC AGENTS; ELECTRON-DONATING GROUP; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS; HUMAN ADENOCARCINOMA; TOTAL SYNTHESIS; VINYLATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEMETHYLCALAMENENE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; CALAMENENE; TERPENE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEPLETION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; OXIDATION; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALDEHYDES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; TERPENES;

EID: 67749114483     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja809405c     Document Type: Article

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