Asymmetric reduction of imines with trichlorosilane, catalyzed by sigamide, an amino acid-derived formamide: Scope and limitations

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5839-5849

  Malkov, Andrei V ^a,b   Vranková, Kvetoslava ^a   Stončius, Sigitas ^a   Kočovský, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; TOLUENE;

ALKYL GROUPS; AROMATIC AMINES; ASYMMETRIC REDUCTION; CATALYST LOADINGS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CYCLIC IMINES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE REDUCTION; FORMAMIDES; HETEROAROMATICS; HIGH ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KETIMINES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STERIC DIFFERENCES; STERIC HINDRANCES; TRICHLOROSILANES;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

ANILINE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; IMINE; KETONE; LEWIS BASE; NITROGEN; SIGAMIDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SILANE DERIVATIVE; TRICHLOROSILANE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

CATALYSIS; IMINES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILANES; VALINE;

EID: 70349091866     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo900561h     Document Type: Article

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