A highly enantioselective access to tetrahydroisoquinoline and β-carboline alkaloids with simple noyori-type catalysts in aqueous media

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 12963-12967

  Evanno, Laurent ^a   Ormala, Joel ^a   Pihko, Petri M ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Asymmetric synthesis; Catalysis; Imines; Lanthanides; Transfer hydrogenation

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; AQUEOUS CONDITION; AQUEOUS MEDIA; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; LANTHANIDES; SILVER ADDITIVES; SILVER ENHANCEMENT; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES; TRANSFER HYDROGENATIONS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROGENATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SILVER;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 73349120908     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902289     Document Type: Article

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