The first general, efficient and highly enantioselective reduction of quinoxalines and quinoxalinones

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2688-2691

  Rueping, Magnus ^a   Tato, Francisco ^a   Schoepke, Fenja R ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Br nsted acid; Hantzsch ester; Organocatalysis; Pyrazine; Pyridine; Transfer hydrogenation

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCATALYSIS; PYRAZINE; PYRAZINES; TRANSFER HYDROGENATION; TRANSFER HYDROGENATIONS;

ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; PYRIDINE; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

HYDROGENATION;

CD209 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DC-SPECIFIC ICAM-3 GRABBING NONINTEGRIN; LECTIN; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HYDROGENATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HYDROGENATION; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77149176225     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902907     Document Type: Article

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