Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 3-aminooxindoles: Enantiofacial selectivity switch in bimetallic vs monometallic schiff base catalysis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1255-1257

  Mouri, Shinsuke ^a   Chen, Zhihua ^a   Mitsunuma, Harunobu ^a   Furutachi, Makoto ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; AZODICARBOXYLATES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; OXINDOLES; SCHIFF BASE COMPLEXES; SCHIFF-BASE; STEREOCENTERS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

3 AMINOOXINDOLE; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METAL COMPLEX; NICKEL; OXINDOLE; SCHIFF BASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AG-041R; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINATION; CATALYSIS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SCHIFF BASES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77950340760     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja908906n     Document Type: Article

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