Enantioselective kita oxidative spirolactonization catalyzed by in situ generated chiral hypervalent iodine (iii) species

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2175-2177

  Uyanik, Muhammet ^a   Yasui, Takeshi ^a   Ishihara, Kazuaki ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric oxidation; Hypervalent compounds; Iodine; Organocatalysis; Spirolactones.

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC OXIDATION; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CHIRAL CATALYST; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; HYPERVALENT COMPOUNDS; HYPERVALENT IODINE; IN-SITU; IODOSYLARENE; ORGANOCATALYSIS; RATIONAL DESIGN;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN BONDS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

IODINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77949413500     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200907352     Document Type: Article

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