Brønsted acid catalyzed enantioselective semipinacol rearrangement for the synthesis of chiral spiroethers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 8572-8574

  Zhang, Qing Wei ^a   Fan, Chun An ^a   Zhang, Hai Jun ^a   Tu, Yong Qiang ^a   Zhao, Yu Ming ^a   Gu, Peiming ^a   Chen, Zhi Min ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Br nsted acids; Rearrangements; Semipinacols; Spirocompounds

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC ALCOHOL; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC AMOUNTS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; REARRANGEMENT REACTIONS; REARRANGEMENTS; SEMIPINACOLS; SILVER SALTS; SPIROCOMPOUNDS;

CATALYSIS; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ACIDS;

ACID; ETHER DERIVATIVE; SPIRO COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ETHERS; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70350346454     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904565     Document Type: Article

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