Asymmetric synthesis of all-carbon benzylic quaternary stereocenters via conjugate addition to alkylidene and indenylidene Meldrum's acids

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8583-8594

  Wilsily, Ashraf ^a   Fillion, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUPS; ALKYLIDENES; ARYL GROUP; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; BENZYLIC; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CONJUGATE ADDITION; DIALKYLZINC REAGENTS; ENANTIOSELECTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HETEROAROMATICS; HIGH ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MELDRUM'S ACIDS; ORGANOZINC REAGENTS; PATTERN OF SUBSTITUTION; QUATERNARY STEREOCENTERS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACIDS;

ACID; ALKYL GROUP; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; INDENE DERIVATIVE; MELDRUM ACID; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BENZYL COMPOUNDS; DIOXANES; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70449713872     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo901559d     Document Type: Article

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