Enantioselective linchpin catalysis by SOMO catalysis: An approach to the asymmetric a-chlorination of aldehydes and terminal epoxide formation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 5121-5124

  Amatore, Muriel ^a   Beeson, Teresa D ^a   Brown, Sean P ^a   MacMillan, David W C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enantioselectivity asymmetric catalysis; Epoxidation ; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOSELECTIVE; NEW APPROACHES; ORGANOCATALYSIS; SINGLY OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS; TERMINAL EPOXIDE;

ALDEHYDES; CHLORINATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYSIS;

ALDEHYDE; EPOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HALOGENATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; HALOGENATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70349904562     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200901855     Document Type: Article

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