Organocatalytic synthesis of spiro[pyrrolidin-3,3′-oxindoles] with high enantiopurity and structural diversity

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 13819-13825

  Chen, Xiao Hua ^a,b   Wei, Qiang ^a   Luo, Shi Wei ^a   Xiao, Han ^a   Gong, Liu Zhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ESTERS; AZOMETHINE YLIDES; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITIONS; DIVERSITY-ORIENTED SYNTHESIS; ENANTIO; ENANTIOPURITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HIGH YIELD; INDOLE RINGS; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; ORGANOCATALYTIC; OXINDOLES; RAPID SYNTHESIS; REGIOCHEMISTRY; STACKING INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THREE-COMPONENT;

ACIDS; ALDEHYDES; AMINES; CYCLOADDITION; ESTERIFICATION; HYDROGEN; PHOSPHORIC ACID; REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ESTERS;

ALDEHYDE; AZOMETHINE YLIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; METHYLENEINDOLINONE; OXINDOLE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

INDOLES; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLIDINES; SPIRO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70349742473     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja905302f     Document Type: Article

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