Enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed cationic polycyclizations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 5030-5032

  Knowles, Robert R ^a   Lin, Song ^a   Jacobsen, Eric N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; THIOUREAS;

AROMATIC RESIDUES; CATIONIC POLYCYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; PI INTERACTIONS; THIOUREA CATALYSTS;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

THIOUREA DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950805314     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja101256v     Document Type: Article

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