Organocatalytic regio- and stereoselective inverse-electron-demand aza-diels-alder reaction of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes and n-tosyl-1-aza-1, 3-butadienes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 5474-5477

  Han, Bo ^a   He, Zhao Quan ^a   Li, Jun Long ^a   Li, Rui ^b   Jiang, Kun ^a   Liu, Tian Yu ^a   Chen, Ying Chun ^a,b  

^a West China School of Pharmacy   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

, unsaturated aldehydes; Asymmetric catalysis; Aza diels alder reaction; Dienamine catalysis; Piperidines

Indexed keywords

1 ,3 BUTADIENE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; AZA-DIELS-ALDER REACTION; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; DIENAMINE CATALYSIS; FUNCTIONALIZED; IN-SITU; ORGANOCATALYTIC; PIPERIDINES; REGIO-SELECTIVE; SECONDARY AMINES; STEREO-SELECTIVE; UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES;

AMINES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BUTADIENE; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

ALDEHYDES;

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PIPERIDINE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALDEHYDES; AZA COMPOUNDS; BUTADIENES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PIPERIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70349769741     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200902216     Document Type: Article

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