Enantioselective α-arylation of aldehydes via organo-SOMO catalysis. An ortho-selective arylation reaction based on an open-shell pathway

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 11640-11641

  Conrad, Jay C ^a   Kong, Jongrock ^a   Laforteza, Brian N ^a   MacMillan, David W C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYL ALDEHYDES; ARYLATION REACTIONS; ARYLATIONS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRON-RICH AROMATICS; ENAMINES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE REACTIONS; HETEROCYCLES; OPEN-SHELL; ORTHO POSITION; PARA POSITION; RADICAL CATIONS; RADICAL MECHANISM; RADICAL SPECIES; SECONDARY AMINES; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; SINGLY OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

ALDEHYDES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; INDOLIZINES; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69049104186     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9026902     Document Type: Article

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