Direct anti-selective catalytic asymmetric mannich-type reactions of α-ketoanilides for the synthesis of γ-amino amides and azetidine- 2-amides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3353-3356

  Xu, Yingjie ^a   Lu, Gang ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZETIDINES; BIPHENYLDIAMINE; BUILDING BLOCKES; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; MANNICH-TYPE REACTIONS; NICKEL COMPLEX; SCHIFF-BASE;

AMIDES; AMINATION; AMINES; CARBONYLATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

COMPLEXATION;

AMIDE; AMINE; ANILIDE; AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; AMINES; ANILIDES; AZETIDINES; CATALYSIS;

EID: 70349784874     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900670     Document Type: Article

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